Patent Document ID: 9351662
Application ID: 13162711
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, performing one-dimensional magnetic resonance scans of a bone of a patient to generate signals, the magnetic resonance scans performed at multiple respective angles relative to the bone of the patient; evaluating, by a processor, a likelihood function over the signals; generating, by the processor, values that are indicative of size, aspect ratio, and orientation of marrow phase pockets of the bone of the patient based upon the evaluating of the likelihood function over the signals; and providing data to an operator of the MRI system that is indicative of strength of the bone of the patient, the data based upon the values that are indicative of the size, aspect ratio, and orientation of the marrow phase pockets of the bone of the patient.