MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND NON-MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. A hypothermic pulsatile perfusion (HPP) apparatus, comprising:
- a chamber configured to house an organ;
one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) elements configured to facilitate performing a first magnetic resonance (MR) based analysis of the organ using frequencies falling within a spectral bound, the spectral bound being associated with NMR; and
one or more spectrum elements configured to facilitate performing a second, different analysis of the organ using a second set of frequencies falling outside of the spectral bound;
the apparatus being constructed from MR compatible, non-ferromagnetic materials.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a hypothermic pulsatile perfusion (HPP) apparatus is described. The example HPP includes a chamber configured to house an object (e.g., kidney, liver, heart, skin graft) to be transplanted. The example HPP may include a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) element(s) (e.g., coil) configured to facilitate performing a first (e.g., magnetic resonance (MR) based) analysis of the object using a first set of frequencies. The example HPP may also include a spectrum element (e.g., optical probe) configured to facilitate performing a second (e.g., non-MR based) analysis of the object using a second, different set of frequencies. The HPP apparatus is constructed from MR compatible, non-ferromagnetic materials. In one embodiment, a combination MR/non-MR apparatus may apply MR and non-MR electromagnetic energy to an object housed in the HPP apparatus.
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1. A hypothermic pulsatile perfusion (HPP) apparatus, comprising:
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a chamber configured to house an organ; one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) elements configured to facilitate performing a first magnetic resonance (MR) based analysis of the organ using frequencies falling within a spectral bound, the spectral bound being associated with NMR; and one or more spectrum elements configured to facilitate performing a second, different analysis of the organ using a second set of frequencies falling outside of the spectral bound; the apparatus being constructed from MR compatible, non-ferromagnetic materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A hypothermic pulsatile perfusion (HPP) apparatus, comprising:
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an organ chamber configured to house an organ; one or more optical elements configured to facilitate performing one or more of, optical coherence tomography (OCT), laser induced fluoroscopy, infrared imaging, and optical spectroscopy on the organ; and an optical probe configured to detect coherent light reflected from the organ; the HPP being constructed from MR compatible materials. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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an NMR apparatus configured to apply a first energy to an object positioned in a perfusion apparatus, the first energy being produced in accordance with a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pulse sequence designed to excite one or more nuclei in the object, the perfusion apparatus comprising an RF coil positioned and oriented to facilitate optimizing NMR spectroscopy of the object; an optical apparatus configured to apply a second energy to the object positioned in the perfusion apparatus; a spectra receiving apparatus configured to receive spectrum data from the object, the spectrum data being produced in response to applying at least one of, the first energy, and the second energy to the object; and a data logic configured to provide objective, quantitative object viability data from the spectrum data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus, comprising:
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an optical apparatus configured to apply a first energy to an organ positioned in a pulsatile perfusion (PP) apparatus; a spectra apparatus configured to receive spectrum data from the organ and to perform a first analysis, the spectrum data being produced in response to applying the first energy to the organ; and a data logic configured to provide objective, quantitative organ viability data from the spectrum data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A method, comprising:
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controlling a dedicated NMR apparatus to apply NMR electromagnetic energy to an object housed in a perfusion apparatus; acquiring NMR spectrum data from the object, the NMR spectrum data having been produced in response to applying the NMR electromagnetic energy; controlling a dedicated non-NMR apparatus to apply non-NMR electromagnetic energy to the object; acquiring non-NMR spectrum data from the object, the non-NMR spectrum data having been produced in response to applying the non-NMR electromagnetic energy; computing a viability data from the NMR spectrum and the non-NMR spectrum data; and providing the viability data. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A method, comprising:
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controlling a dedicated NMR apparatus to apply NMR electromagnetic energy to an object housed in a perfusion apparatus; acquiring NMR spectrum data from the object, the NMR spectrum data having been produced in response to applying the NMR electromagnetic energy; controlling a photographic apparatus to acquire photographic data from the object; computing a viability data from the NMR spectrum data and the photographic data; and providing the viability data. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A method, comprising:
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controlling a photographic apparatus to acquire photographic data from an object housed in a perfusion apparatus; computing viability data from the photographic data; and providing the viability data. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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