Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical imaging
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Application No.: US15564344Application Date: 2016-04-07
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Publication No.: US10884090B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Steven Chance , Rebecca McKavanagh , Mark Jenkinson , Karla Miller
- Applicant: Oxford University Innovation Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Assignee: Oxford University Innovation Limited
- Current Assignee: Oxford University Innovation Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: GB1505940.5 20150408
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/050982 WO 20160407
- International Announcement: WO2016/162682 WO 20161013
- Main IPC: G01R33/563
- IPC: G01R33/563 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/055 ; G01R33/56

Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods of assessing or obtaining an indication of the presence of a cognitive disorder by analysing microstructural changes in regions of the brain. The invention particularly relates to methods of assessing or obtaining an indication of the presence of types of dementia, for example Alzheimer's disease, by analysing changes in minicolumns in regions or layers of the cortex of the brain or of the whole brain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180143282A1 Medical Imaging Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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