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RF Coil for Improving Tuning Range, Cost and Maintaining Q

 

A radio frequency (RF) coil comprising a plurality of electrically uninterrupted conductive legs, each leg having a first end and a second end, and at least one...

Adaptive Acquisition and Reconstruction of Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Images

 

This invention is a new method for real time cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging that produces high-spatial and temporal resolution motion movies of the...

Method and Apparatus for Optical Imaging of Magnetic Particles

 

A spectral-domain magnetomotive optical coherence tomography apparatus, includes (a) a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography device, and (b) a magnet. The...

Improved Magnetic Resonance Elastography

 

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed sequences that control the process of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) data acquisition.

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System and Method for Designing Multi-Channel RF Pulses for MR Imaging

 

A system and method for designing RF pulses for multi-channel and/or multi-dimensional spatially-selective applications using a linear approximation. Embodiments...

Project Multiband, Multishot Magnetic Resonance Elastography Pulse Sequence

 

 

This is an imaging technique designed for estimating the stiffness of tissues non-invasively. This technology can be used to understand a wide array of...

Measuring Blood Vessel Characteristics of Suspected Alzheimer Patients

Dr. Sutton has developed MRI protocols for diagnosing microvascular blood velocity and microvascular segment length. These protocols can be used to diagnose and track...

MRSI Improvements

Dr. Liang from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed new MRI acquisition methods and post-acquisition data processing techniques that allow for a...

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging of Brain DNA Methylation

Drs. Li, Robinson, Liang, Silverman and Mr. Lam from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new noninvasive method of measuring epigenetic changes...

Workflow for 3D Printable Heart

Dr. Brad Sutton from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a fully automated workflow to generate 3D digital...