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- Patent Title: System, method and computer-accessible medium for characterizing prostate microstructure using water diffusion and nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation
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Application No.: US17109023Application Date: 2020-12-01
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Publication No.: US11366190B2Publication Date: 2022-06-21
- Inventor: Dmitry Novikov , Els Fieremans , Gregory Lemberskiy
- Applicant: New York University
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: New York University
- Current Assignee: New York University
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; G01R33/563 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B5/00 ; G01R33/50 ; G01R33/561 ; G01R33/565

Abstract:
An exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium for characterizing a microstructure of a prostate of a patient can be provided, which can include, for example, generating a magnetic resonance (MR) radiofrequency (RF) pulse(s) by varying (i) a diffusion time, (ii) a diffusion gradient direction, (iii) a diffusion gradient pulse width, or (iv) a diffusion gradient pulse shape, applying the MR RF pulse(s) to the prostate of the patient, receiving a resultant MR signal from the prostate of the patient that can be based on the MR RF pulse(s), determining information regarding a plurality of compartments for the prostate from the resultant MR signal by varying an echo time or a mixing time, and characterizing the microstructure for each of the compartments by applying a microstructural model(s) to each of the compartments.
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