UW researchers have developed a technology for automatically determining whether a CT image was taken with or without contrast media. The technology uses a segmentation to isolate voxels of a vascula...
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Photon counting detector CT (PCD-CT) has been featured as one of the most important advances in low dose CT imaging due to its powerful noise rejection functionality in addition to other advantages su...
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Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. In metastasis, cells of a primary cancer break away from where they were first formed and travel through the body to create new lesions. Ea...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a system and method for evaluating percutaneous needle pathways. Implemented in software, the system provides an automatic segmentation of local tissue structures...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method that uses text or dictation (natural language) to guide an image analysis algorithm. This allows for the automated, or "click-free," quantification of di...
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A UW-Madison clinician along with a group of BME students have developed two designs for new tools for breast MRI biopsies. The first utilizes compression controlled by elastic recoil of a memory foam...
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Theranostics, a term derived from a combination of therapeutics and diagnostics, is an emerging field of medicine where specific radionuclide disease-targeting agents are used to diagnose and treat me...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel MR imaging method for use with DWI to optimize the magnetic field distribution in the presence of fat. The new method provides for acquiring diffusion wei...
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UW Madison inventors have developed methods to properly address the zero-count problem in ultra-low radiation dose photon counting CT imaging that includes acquiring or accessing CT data of a subject,...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel data acquisition method, called “Mohi-Polo”. The method eliminates scatter radiation in photon counting CT imaging systems to minimize scatter artifa...
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UW researchers present a novel hybrid photon counting detector for imaging. The novel design addresses the fundamental limitations of current silicon PCD technology by replacing the metallic spacers ...
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Some organs receive blood from multiple, distinct supplies, such as the liver and placenta. In such cases, it may be clinically valuable to be able to separately view the dynamics of each blood supply...
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A UW-Madison researcher has developed a method to generate diagnostic quality nephrographic phase images from a single (using dual-energy) or two conventional CT urography acquisitions.  The meth...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a needle stick shield for use with an ultrasound probe to protect clinicians during needle biopsy.  The design does not interfere with current biopsy needles...
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The successful use of contrast agents in volumetric imaging, such as intravenous iodinated agent in computed tomography (CT), is guided by sophisticated protocols. Poor contrast enhancement is related...
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UW researchers have developed an x-ray imaging technique that can capture diagnostic quality angiographic images and contrast media kinetics in a single scan, while reducing patient radiation dose and...
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UW Researchers have developed a novel MRI diffusion mapping method using phase-based diffusion mapping (PBD.) The technique provides a novel way to measure the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method and system for monitoring or quantifying airflow changes in a subject’s airway using B-mode ultrasound. Their approach is compatible with existing ...
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UW Madison researchers have developed cobalt intermetallic compounds that include cobalt and a second element. The isotopes of the second element in the compounds are present in their natural isotopic...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method for 4D (3D + time) reconstruction of arterial blood flow and subsequent quantitative evaluation of local blood flow and velocities from a single contrast...
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A UW-Madison researcher has devised a novel complex fitting method that addresses concomitant gradient (CG) phase errors in chemical shift-encoded (CSE) MRI estimation of proton density fat fraction (...
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UW inventors have devised a new method to provide quantitative lung perfusion imaging using spectral CT imaging.  Data acquired using DE-CT, or single kV, is post-processed using a trained algori...
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An RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a resonator formed by a cylindrical shield and pairs of opposing conductive legs disposed symmetrically around a central axis and extending the axial len...
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A method for producing images of a subject containing M spin species using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes obtaining N k-space data matrices from N k-space data sets acquired with t...
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A data consistency condition is derived for an array of attenuation values acquired with a divergent beam. Using this data consistency condition, estimates of selected attenuation values can be calcul...
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