Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for magnetic field-dependent relaxometry using magnetic resonance imaging
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Application No.: US16071875Application Date: 2016-01-22
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Publication No.: US10969453B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Chad Tyler Harris , David Mark Deschenes , Alexander Gyles Panther , Jeff Alan Stainsby , Philip J. Beatty
- Applicant: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
- Applicant Address: BB Bridgetown
- Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
- Current Assignee: Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: BB Bridgetown
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/050341 WO 20160122
- International Announcement: WO2017/125790 WO 20170727
- Main IPC: G01R33/50
- IPC: G01R33/50 ; G01R33/38 ; G01R33/3815 ; G01R33/44

Abstract:
Systems and methods for magnetic field-dependent relaxometry using magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”] are provided. Relaxation parameters, including longitudinal relaxation time (“T1”) and transverse relaxation time (“T2”), are estimated from magnetic resonance signal data acquired at multiple different magnetic field strengths using the same MRI system. By measuring these relaxation parameters as a function of magnetic field strength, T1 dispersion data, T2 dispersion data, or both, are generated. Based on this dispersion data, quantitative physiological parameters can be estimated. As one example, iron content can be estimated from T2 dispersion data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190025391A1 Systems and Methods for Magnetic Field-Dependent Relaxometry Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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