Patents by Inventor Robert V. Mulkern, Jr.

Robert V. Mulkern, Jr. 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 of fast and reliable tissue differentiation using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 6751495
    Abstract: Quantified differences, such as chi2 error parameters, between a mono-exponential, logarithmic best fit of a series of line scan diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance signals taken over a range of b-factors between about 100 and about 5000 sec/mm2 are obtained. The quantified differences so generated are displayed as an image wherein the brightness of each pixel depends upon the size of its associated quantified difference. The resulting image is characterized by high signal to noise ratio and distinctness between varying tissue types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Brigham & Womens' Hospital
    Inventors: Stephan E. Maier, Robert V. Mulkern, Jr.