Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining velocity of cerebrospinal fluid by magnetic resonance imaging
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Application No.: US13570569Application Date: 2012-08-09
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Publication No.: US08903470B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Shinya Yamada , Hitoshi Kanazawa
- Applicant: Shinya Yamada , Hitoshi Kanazawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tochigi
- Assignee: Tokai University Educational Systems,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Tokai University Educational Systems,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tochigi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: JP2008-258963 20081003
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; G06T5/50 ; G06T7/20 ; A61B5/055 ; G01R33/563 ; A61B5/00 ; G01R33/56 ; G01R33/561

Abstract:
A velocity-image creating unit creates a velocity image that indicates a distribution of velocity components with respect to each of a plurality of images obtained by repeating a plurality of number of times Echo Planar Imaging (EPI) that is capable of obtaining velocity components of a Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) flowing inside a subject. A velocity-variance image creating unit calculates variance of velocity components along the time sequence by same position on velocity images by using a plurality of created velocity images. A superimposed-image processing unit then superimposes the distribution of the variance of the velocity components according to the velocity-variance image on an average absolute-value image, and an image display unit displays a superimposed image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120302871A1 DETERMINING VELOCITY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING Public/Granted day:2012-11-29
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