US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on Oct. 6 for "Interleaved flow-sensitive dephasing (IFSD) for enhanced blood flow suppression and preserved T1-weighted contrast and overall signal intensity in 3D turbo spin-echo imaging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,270, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Interleaved flow-sensitive dephasing (IFSD) for enhanced blood flow suppression and preserved T1-weighted contrast and overall signal intensity in 3D turbo spin-echo imaging" was invented by Zhaoyang Fan (Los Angeles) and Qingle Kong (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, computer-readable medium, methods and apparatus, and/or devices are provided interleaved flow-sensitive dephasing. The disclosed dephasing enhances flow-suppression capability that makes 3D T1-weighted turbo-spin echo (TSE) imaging useful for brain metastasis detect...