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Non-invasive imaging for determination of global tissue characteristics

  • US 8,874,192 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2013
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of evaluating tissue characteristics in a patient, comprising:

  • electronically applying a statistical autocorrelation analysis to image data to determine a pattern of at least one pixel parameter within a three dimensional tissue volume of a region of interest to evaluate whether the pattern is (i) clustered or (ii) distributed or diffuse; and

    determining a potential of a global injury, global abnormal tissue, or global abnormal accumulation of materials not found in normal ratios within native tissue based on the determined pattern, wherein the global injury, global abnormal tissue, and/or global abnormal accumulation is due to a change in tissue composition and/or function that is in a diffuse and/or distributed pattern in the region of interest,wherein the electronically applying is carried out using at least one processor.

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