Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for determining a change over time in a biomarker in a region to be examined
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Application No.: US15467427Application Date: 2017-03-23
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Publication No.: US10365342B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Björn Heismann , Arne Hengerer , Sebastian Schmidt
- Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Erlangen
- Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Erlangen
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: DE102012209059 20130515
- Main IPC: G01R33/485
- IPC: G01R33/485 ; G01R33/483 ; A61B5/055 ; G01R33/48 ; G01R33/561 ; G01R33/563

Abstract:
A method for determining a change over time in a biomarker in a region to be examined of a patient is provided. The change is determined from magnetic resonance data using a magnetic resonance measuring system with sequences and protocols for measuring the biomarkers by functional resting state connectivity by rsfMRI, perfusion values, magnetic resonance spectra of voxels, or morphometry of organs. A control unit has programs which evaluates the biomarker and a data memory which stores the results of the evaluation and additional data. During a first examination, a quantity result of the biomarkers is determined and stored in the data memory. During a follow-up examination, at least one previous item of the result and additional data from the first examination stored in the data memory are used for determining a quantitative change in the biomarker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170192071A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CHANGE OVER TIME IN A BIOMARKER IN A REGION TO BE EXAMINED Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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