US 12,220,253 B2
Systems and methods for detecting glucose metabolism by a patient
Albert Po Fu Chen, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/092,850.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142567 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4866 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); G01R 33/561 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for detecting an uptake and metabolism of glucose by a patient, the method comprising:
producing a magnetic field that acts upon the patient;
acquiring, non-spectrally resolved, magnetic resonance data of deuterated water within the patient, wherein deuterated glucose has been administered to the patient, wherein the deuterated water is produced during the metabolism of the deuterated glucose by the patient, and wherein the magnetic resonance data is acquired at a resonant frequency of deuterated water;
analyzing the magnetic resonance data acquired at the resonant frequency of deuterated water, non-spectrally resolved, to generate a processed dataset; and
constructing an image based on the processed dataset;
wherein the metabolism of the glucose of the patient is detected via the constructed image.