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Method for determining the condition of an object by magnetic resonance imaging

  • US 7,660,619 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2006
  • Issued: 02/09/2010
  • 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, the test object being different from the sample object;

    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;

    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; and

    constructing a development time table of conditions of the test object so as to monitor the development of a disease.

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