There is a critical need for significant improvements in image-based assessment of the prostate in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). MRE has been used to image the prostate using a both ab...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an automated process to accurately quantitate breast density using MR images.  The methods assess tissue properties within a region of interest (ROI) us...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel clinical MRI method for quantitative T2 mapping. The new T2 mapping method uses RF-phase modulated dual echo steady-state sequence (DESS). T2 information ...
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A UW researcher has developed a novel method for simultaneous T1 and T2 weighted imaging using RF phase modulated 3D gradient echo (GRE) imaging. The novel technique enables encoding the different wei...
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Proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and R2* estimated using quantitative chemical shift-encoded MRI (CSE-MRI) are well-established quantitative biomarkers of liver fat content. As such, CSE-MRI methods...
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NMR signal contributions from water and fat are separated using a model of the fat resonant frequency spectrum that has multiple resonant peaks. The relative frequencies of the multiple fat spectrum p...
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UW researchers have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) urodynamics method, as well as a patient specific MRI-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of bladder voiding. Before t...
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A fundamental goal of neuroscience is to understand the structure and function of the brain and the neurobiological correlates that give rise to cognition and behavior. The development of magnetic res...
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Medical imaging to detect structural abnormalities of the placenta is crucial in at least two pathological cases. First, placenta accreta spectrum, where the placenta grows too deeply into the wall of...
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This case is joint and was filed by Columbia University. A UW researcher, in collaboration with researchers from Columbia University and Medical University of South Carolina, have created a system an...
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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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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 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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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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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 magnetic resonance imaging data sampling method includes randomly undersampling a first half of a k-space plane such that a plurality of points in the first half are sampled points and the remaining...
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An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing a composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The composite image employs the best information available regarding t...
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An image reconstruction method applicable to a number of different imaging modalities including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), x-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), an...
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Systems and methods for correcting phase errors in chemical shift encoded data are described. The technique is self-calibrated, without the need for specialized calibration data, and therefore may ena...
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A sensitive measure of brain condition simultaneously evaluates multiple measurements of water diffusion in brain tissue combined so as to correct for covariance between the different data types of th...
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A system and method are provided for acquiring a plurality of differently-weighted images of a subject using a single pulse sequence. The method includes determining imaging parameters for a pulse seq...
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A system and method are provided for determining a spatial distribution of susceptibility in a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The method includes directing the MRI system to ...
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A system and method is provided to acquire images of a subject having received a tissue soluble hyperpolarized gas into the airways. The method includes performing a pulse sequence including (i) for e...
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A system and method are provided for generating time resolved series of angiographic volume data having flow information. The system and method are configured to receive angiographic volume data acqui...
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