ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,492, issued on June 23, was assigned to BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC. (Boston).
"Systems and methods for non-selective stimulated echo multislice diffusion imaging" was invented by David Alsop (Newton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for producing diffusion-weighted images of a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The method includes performing a stimulated echo preparation module using non-selective radio-frequency (RF) pulses designed to induce a stimulated echo, performing an acquisition module that includes a multi-slice acquisition of MR data in the presence o...