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Systems, methods and GUI for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) analysis

US9720061B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Cheng Ouyang · Vernon Hills, US
Xiangzhi Zhou · Vernon Hills, US
Mitsue Miyazaki · Ootawara, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2014
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/546
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) effects are enhanced by forming, for each of a plurality of magnetization transfer (MT) offset frequencies within a specified first range, a respective image representing CEST effects. A subset of the formed CEST images is displayed and a preferred or optimum one is selected from a display screen. The thus identified target frequency is then used to generate a composite enhanced CEST image based upon a combination of formed CEST images having MT frequencies within a specified second, smaller range, around the identified target frequency.

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