US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on March 17 for "Devices and related aspects for magnetic resonance imaging-based in-situ tissue characterization" (Maryland, Arkansas, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,734, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Devices and related aspects for magnetic resonance imaging-based in-situ tissue characterization" was invented by Ehud J. Schmidt (Towson, Md.), Yue Chen (Boston), Akila Viswanathan (Baltimore), Henry R. Halperin (Baltimore), Junichi Tokuda (Boston) and Anthony Gunderman (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of analyzing tissue using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible tissue analysis device that includes radio-frequency (RF) tracking and imaging elements. Related kits, systems, and computer program ...