Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for B0-corrected arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging
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Application No.: US16647984Application Date: 2018-09-26
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Publication No.: US11061095B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Frederick C. Damen , Kejia Cai
- Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Applicant Address: US IL Urbana
- Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Current Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Urbana
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/052954 WO 20180926
- International Announcement: WO2019/067615 WO 20190404
- Main IPC: G01R33/563
- IPC: G01R33/563 ; A61B5/026 ; A61B5/055 ; G01R33/465 ; G01R33/56

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for correction of imaging-plane uniform magnetic field—(B0) inhomogeneity-induced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) artifacts. The systems and methods can be implemented to improve the filtering and correction of arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI data by forming a tagging dependent Z-spectrum (TADDZ) of ASL MRI data. In TADDZ, images are acquired via ASL, MRI after tagging blood water at a number of tagging, distances upstream and downstream of die MM system's imaging plane. A tagging distance dependent Z-spectrum is analyzed for each image to map the magnetic field inhomogeneity across the imaging plane. Along with magnetic-field mapping, Z-spectrum analysts and data processing enables TADDZ to remove magnetic field inhomogeneity induced artifacts, resulting in more clear and clinically relevant perfusion imaging via MRI.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200284864A1 Systems and Methods For B0-Corrected Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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