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A Method For Determining The Condition Of An Object By Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • US 20060183998A1
  • Filed: 03/18/2006
  • Published: 08/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate a selected region of interest of an object, the method comprising:

  • acquiring at a plurality of successive acquisition times an MRI image of the selected region of interest of a sample object having a known condition;

    generating for the sample object a function representing a mean intensity of each of the acquired MRI images for each of the successive acquisition times;

    acquiring at a plurality of successive acquisition times an MRI image of the selected region of interest of a test object having an unknown condition;

    generating for the test object a function representing a mean intensity of each of the acquired MRI images for each of the successive acquisition times; and

    evaluating the unknown condition of the test object by comparing the generated function for the test object to the generated function for the sample object.

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