Patents by Inventor Ryan McNaughton

Ryan McNaughton 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).

  • White matter fibrography by synthetic magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 11375918
    Abstract: Methods of characterizing the brain of a subject, comprising: (a) performing a multispectral multislice magnetic resonance scan on the brain of a subject, (b) storing image data indicative of a plurality of magnetic resonance weightings of each of a plurality of slices of the brain of the subject to provide directly acquired images, (c) processing the directly acquired images to generate a plurality of quantitative maps of the brain indicative of a plurality of qMRI parameters of the subject, (d) constructing a plurality of magnetic resonance images indicative of white matter structure from the quantitative maps, and (e) generating a spatial entropy map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images; and/or generating a myelin water map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Boston Medical Center Corporation, Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Hernan Jara, Ryan McNaughton
  • WHITE MATTER FIBROGRAPHY BY SYNTHETIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20210082113
    Abstract: Methods of characterizing the brain of a subject, comprising: (a) performing a multispectral multislice magnetic resonance scan on the brain of a subject, (b) storing image data indicative of a plurality of magnetic resonance weightings of each of a plurality of slices of the brain of the subject to provide directly acquired images, (c) processing the directly acquired images to generate a plurality of quantitative maps of the brain indicative of a plurality of qMRI parameters of the subject, (d) constructing a plurality of magnetic resonance images indicative of white matter structure from the quantitative maps, and (e) generating a spatial entropy map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images; and/or generating a myelin water map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hernan JARA, Ryan McNaughton