Patents by Inventor Aziz Hatim Poonawalla

Aziz Hatim Poonawalla has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for adipose tissue quantification with magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 8611624
    Abstract: A system and method for calculating a quantitative metric of adipose tissue using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. The MRI system is used to acquire k-space data by sampling echo signals that are formed at a plurality of different echo times. From the acquired k-space data, a fat-concentration map, such as a fat-fraction map is produced. A maximum fat-concentration value is estimated from the fat-concentration map, and is used to threshold the fat-concentration map to produce an adipose mask. From the adipose mask, a quantitative metric of adipose tissue can be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Aziz Hatim Poonawalla, Scott Reeder
  • Method for Adipose Tissue Quantification With Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Publication number: 20130243290
    Abstract: A system and method for calculating a quantitative metric of adipose tissue using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. The MRI system is used to acquire k-space data by sampling echo signals that are formed at a plurality of different echo times. From the acquired k-space data, a fat-concentration map, such as a fat-fraction map is produced. A maximum fat-concentration value is estimated from the fat-concentration map, and is used to threshold the fat-concentration map to produce an adipose mask. From the adipose mask, a quantitative metric of adipose tissue can be calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Aziz Hatim Poonawalla, Scott Reeder