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10. E O ̈ zarslan, CG Koay, PJ Basser. 

Double-PFG diffusion-diffraction in 

ellipsoidal pores. In 9th International 

Bologna Conference on Magnetic 

Resonance in Porous Media 2008; 

p. 115. 

Patent Status 

U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/ 

087,968 filed 11 Aug 2008 (HHS 

Reference No. E–276–2008/0–US–01). 

Advantages 

The three inventions described above 

and collectively offered for licensing 

offer a non-invasive, painless means for 

measurement quantities such as the 

axon diameter distribution (ADD) and 

significant improvements in sensitivity 

and robustness to existing MRI methods, 

in particular for imaging of the Central 

Nervous System, and for in vivo 

measurement of microanatomical 

(histological) features of nerves (and 

possibly muscles) that are critically 

important in medicine and in particular 

in neuroscience. Furthermore, ADD is 

altered in abnormal development 

(possibly even in autism), in 

degenerative process (e.g., aging, 

alcoholism, Alzheimer’s disease) and 

diseases such as ALS (Lou Gehrig’s 

disease) and thus the improved 

sensitivities offered by the subject 

inventions is of utmost significance for 

public health. 

Development Status 

These inventions are fully developed. 

Market 

The market for MRI in human 

diagnostics is huge and rapidly growing. 

The race to improve the sensitivities of 

MRI measurement and to enhance the 

capabilities of measuring and examining 

fine structures in general, and in 

neuroscience in particular is of 

significant magnitude. The three 

inventions described above may 

collectively offer significant commercial 

opportunity to MRI companies. 

The market for medical imaging 

equipment industry is approximately 

$9.0 billion dollars now and has been 

growing by approximately 7.6% 

annually. MRI instrumentation 

constitutes a significant portion of this 

market. 

Related Technology 

U.S. Patent No. 5,539,310 issued 23 

Jul 1996—‘‘Method and System for 

Measuring the Diffusion Tensor and for 

Diffusion Tensor Imaging’’ (HHS 

Reference No. E–203–1993/0). 

Licensing Status 

Available for licensing. 

Licensing Contacts 

Uri Reichman, PhD, MBA; 301–435– 

4616; UR7a@nih.gov; John Stansberry, 

PhD; 301–435–5236; 

stansbej@mail.nih.gov. 

Collaborative Research Opportunity 

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 

Institute of Child Health and Human 

Development, Section on Tissue 

Biophysics and Biomimetics, is seeking 

statements of capability or interest from 

parties interested in collaborative 

research to further develop, evaluate, or 

commercialize novel MRI methods to 

probe tissue structure and organization, 

particularly for neuroimaging 

applications. Please contact Alan 

Hubbs, PhD at 301–594–4263 or 

hubbsa@mail.nih.gov for more 

information. 

Dated: April 7, 2009. 

Richard U. Rodriguez, 

Director, Division of Technology Development 

and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer, 

National Institutes of Health. 

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