Patent ID: 9600881
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01R,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for generating information associated with an image of at least one region of a subject, comprising: receiving image data of a subject acquired by at least one magnetic resonance (MR) scan that included a pre-pulse signal and a pulse sequence, the pre-pulse signal having a flip angle between 150° and 425°; segmenting the image data to determine at least one region; determining at least quantitative information associated with the at least one region; wherein the quantitative information includes a number of voxels and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) information; wherein the CNR and the number of voxels correspond to an amount of neuromelanin in the region and a number of neurons that contain neuromelanin, respectively; and outputting information associated with the at least one region, the information being based on at least the quantitative information; wherein the image data is magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) image data acquired by a 3T MR imaging system.