MRI system and method for producing an index indicative of alzheimer's disease
US6490472B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/92
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Time course MRI data is acquired from the hippocampal region of the brain and processed to produce an index which is a measure of the functional connectivity between locations therein. The MRI data is acquired while the brain is substantially at rest and the spontaneous low frequency component of the time course data at each location in the hippocampus is extracted and compared in a cross-correlation process.
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