Evaluating disease progression using magnetic resonance imaging

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PATENT NO 6560476
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09704269

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An orthopedic magnetic resonance imaging system is disclosed. This system includes a source of magnetic resonance imaging data sets resulting from successive magnetic resonance imaging acquisitions from a diseased joint of a patient. A segmentation module segments surfaces in the joint based on information contained within at least one of the data sets, and a registration module spatially registers, in three dimensions, information represented by a first of the data sets with respect to information represented by one or more further data sets for the same patient. A comparison module detects differences between information represented by the data sets caused by progression of the disease in the joint of the patient between acquisitions. A cross-patient comparison module can compare detected differences for the patient with detected differences for at least one other patient.

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  • ARTHROVISION, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barthiaume, Marie-Josee Ville Mont-Royal, CA 4 190
Beaudoin, Gilles St. Lambert, CA 8 240
de, Guise M Jacques Montreal, CA 2 182
Godbout, M Benoit Montreal, CA 2 182
Kauffmann, M Claude Montreal, CA 2 182
Pelletier, Jean Pierre St- Lambert, CA 7 206
Pelletier, Johane St-Lambert, CA 3 184
Raynauld, Jean-Pierre Boucherville, CA 6 207

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