Patents by Inventor Bharat Biswal

Bharat Biswal 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).

  • MRI system and method for producing an index indicative of alzheimer's disease
    Patent number: 6490472
    Abstract: Time course MRI data is acquired from the hippocampal region of the brain and processed to produce an index which is a measure of the functional connectivity between locations therein. The MRI data is acquired while the brain is substantially at rest and the spontaneous low frequency component of the time course data at each location in the hippocampus is extracted and compared in a cross-correlation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: The MCW Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Shi-Jiang Li, Piero Antuono, Zhu Li, Bharat Biswal, James S. Hyde, John L. Ulmer, Zerrin F. Yetkin