New Method for Imaging Ventilation and Perfusion in the Lung Using MRI

This novel technology provides unprecedented abilities to evaluate mechanisms of lung disease, injury, response to treatment and repair, and to screen populations of patients at risk of developing lung disease, and to monitor response to treatment in those already afflicted.

UC San Diego researchers have developed a fully quantitative non-contrast proton MRI technique to measure alveolar ventilation (VA) and perfusion (Q) and VA/Q matching in the lung. The technology provides the ability to measure spatial VA/Q on a voxel by voxel basis on a standard 1.5 T clinical scanner. Furthermore, concerns about contrast injection and/or radiation hazard are completely eliminated, which would be especially important where repeated evaluation would be desirable.

Patent Number: WO2012078823A3
Application Number: WO2011US63854A
Inventor: PRISK, Gordon, Kim | HOPKINS, Susan, Roberta | BUXTON, Richard, Bruce | PEREIRA DE SA, Rui, Carlos | THEILMANN, Rebecca, Jean | CRONIN, Matthew, Vincent
Priority Date: 7 Dec 2010
Priority Number: WO2012078823A3
Application Date: 7 Dec 2011
Publication Date: 27 Sep 2012
IPC Current: A61B0005055
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF VENTILATION AND PERFUSION IN THE LUNG | IMAGERIE PAR RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE PERMETTANT D'APPRÉCIER LA VENTILATION ET L'IRRIGATION DU POUMON
Usefulness: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF VENTILATION AND PERFUSION IN THE LUNG | IMAGERIE PAR RÉSONANCE MAGNÉTIQUE PERMETTANT D'APPRÉCIER LA VENTILATION ET L'IRRIGATION DU POUMON
Summary: Method for characterizing ventilation and perfusion in lung using MRI system (claimed).
Novelty: Method for characterizing ventilation and perfusion in lung, involves determining ventilation-perfusion ratio value that is product of ventilation value, air content value, inverse of perfusion value, and breathing frequency

Biomedical

Medical Imaging

9750427

State Of Development

To date researchers have studied fourteen subjects and have analyzed data from three of them. Efforts to develop the metrics for describing the data are ongoing.

IP STATUS

Patent pending.

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Tech ID/UC Case

21991/2010-320-0

Related Cases

2010-320-0

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