Zahi A. Fayad - Larchmont NY, US Daniel D. Samber - New York NY, US Venkatesh Mani - Parsippany NJ, US John T. Fallon - Rowayton CT, US Vitalii Itskovich - Brooklyn NY, US Chara Itskovich, legal representative - Brooklyn NY, US
Assignee:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York NY
International Classification:
G06K 9/00
US Classification:
382128, 382131
Abstract:
A multicontrast-weighted acquisition of three images is performed with an MRI system. Each image is normalized and then mapped to a separate color channel. A composite color image is formed by combining all the color channels, and this image is displayed or analyzed to identify different tissue types therein.
Rapid Multislice Black Blood Double-Inversion Recovery Technique For Blood Vessel Imaging
Zahi A. Fayad - New York NY, US Vitalii V. Itskovich - Brooklyn NY, US Venkatesh Mani - Rockaway NJ, US Michael M. Szimtenings - Astoria NY, US
Assignee:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York NY Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. - Malvern PA
International Classification:
A61B 5/05
US Classification:
600413, 600419, 600428
Abstract:
DIR imaging of blood vessels by administering a series of DIR preparation pulse modules at a repetition interval short enough that at least two DIR preparation pulse modules generally occur within each RR interval, and by acquiring image data for a plurality of slices following each DIR module.