System and method for free-breathing quantitative multiparametric mri

    公开(公告)号:US12164011B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US17602926

    申请日:2020-04-15

    Abstract: A method for proton resonance frequency shift (PRF) and T1-based temperature mapping using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes acquiring, using the MRI system, a set of magnetic resonance (MR) data from a region of interest of a subject by performing a variable-flip-angle multi-echo gradient-echo 3D stack-of-radial pulse sequence. The pulse sequence is configured to acquire radial k-space data in a plurality of segments, each segment acquired with each of a plurality of flip angles. The method further includes generating at least one T1 map based on the set of MR data, generating at least one PRF temperature map based on the set of MR data, generating at least one T1-based temperature map based on the set of MR data and displaying the PRF temperature map and the T1-based temperature map. In another embodiment, the MR data may be used to generate a plurality of quantitative parameter maps for each of the plurality of MR parameters such as T1, proton-density fat fraction (PDFF), and R2*.

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    公开(公告)号:US20240399367A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18680555

    申请日:2024-05-31

    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, devices, systems, and methods for separating irregular particles by size. A fluidic device for zooplankton separation includes at least one inlet and a curvilinear channel having multiple sub-outlet divisions arranged along a fluidic path of the fluidic device. The multiple sub-outlet divisions include at least two first sub-outlets and at least four second sub-outlets. The least two second sub-outlets extend from each of the at least two first sub-outlets. A method of separating zooplankton includes introducing a mixture including irregular particles into at least one inlet of a micro-fluidic device. The method further includes guiding the mixture including the irregular particles through a curvilinear microchannel of the device. The method includes separating larger and smaller particles based on inertial forces between two first sub-outlets and separating larger and smaller particles from a pre-separated fluid between two second sub-outlets.

    Apparatus and methods for fluorescence imaging using radiofrequency-multiplexed excitation

    公开(公告)号:US12158422B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US18214292

    申请日:2023-06-26

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for fluorescence imaging using radiofrequency multiplexed excitation. One apparatus splits an excitation laser beam into two arms of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The light in the first beam is frequency shifted by an acousto-optic deflector, which is driven by a phase-engineered radiofrequency comb designed to minimize peak-to-average power ratio. This RF comb generates multiple deflected optical beams possessing a range of output angles and frequency shifts. The second beam is shifted in frequency using an acousto-optic frequency shifter. After combining at a second beam splitter, the two beams are focused to a line on the sample using a conventional laser scanning microscope lens system. The acousto-optic deflectors frequency-encode the simultaneous excitation of an entire row of pixels, which enables detection and de-multiplexing of fluorescence images using a single photomultiplier tube and digital phase-coherent signal recovery techniques.

    Apparatus and methods for fluorescence imaging using radiofrequency-multiplexed excitation

    公开(公告)号:US12158421B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US17745206

    申请日:2022-05-16

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for fluorescence imaging using radiofrequency multiplexed excitation. One apparatus splits an excitation laser beam into two arms of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The light in the first beam is frequency shifted by an acousto-optic deflector, which is driven by a phase-engineered radiofrequency comb designed to minimize peak-to-average power ratio. This RF comb generates multiple deflected optical beams possessing a range of output angles and frequency shifts. The second beam is shifted in frequency using an acousto-optic frequency shifter. After combining at a second beam splitter, the two beams are focused to a line on the sample using a conventional laser scanning microscope lens system. The acousto-optic deflectors frequency-encode the simultaneous excitation of an entire row of pixels, which enables detection and de-multiplexing of fluorescence images using a single photomultiplier tube and digital phase-coherent signal recovery techniques.

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