Patent Document ID: 9767552
Application ID: 14342976
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for detecting the presence of anomalous material within tissue, the method comprising: scanning a patient using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to obtain MRI data, wherein the scanning the patient comprises two or more of performing a T1 relaxometry scan, performing a T2 relaxometry scan, and performing a T2* relaxometry scan; identifying individual voxels of the MRI data; identifying multiple parameters of each voxel, wherein the multiple parameters comprise two or more of a T1 time constant of the voxel, a T2 time constant of the voxel, a T2* time constant of the voxel, how closely a T1 relaxometry signal of the voxel fits a monoexponential function, how closely a T2 relaxometry signal of the voxel fits a monoexponential function, how closely a T2* relaxometry signal of the voxel fits a monoexponential function, and a cross correlation of a relaxometry signal of the voxel and relaxometry signals of neighboring voxels; and assigning a score to each voxel, wherein the score is a summation of the parameters after being multiplied by weighting coefficients that take into account the parameters' significance in a prediction of the presence of the anomalous material; and determining as to each voxel based upon the score a likelihood of tissue represented by the voxel containing anomalous material.