[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-46]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Government-Owned Invention; Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned by an agency of the U.S. 
Government and is available for licensing in the U.S. (and in foreign 
markets) in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious 
commercialization of results of federally funded research and 
development.
    A ``Method And System For Measuring The Diffusion Tensor And For 
Diffusion Tensor Imaging'' was developed by P.J. Basser and J.H. 
Mattiello of the National Center for Research Resources and D. LeBinah 
of the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center. The National Institutes 
of Health is the assignee of patent rights to this technology, which 
are covered under U.S. Patent Application Number 08/103,009, filed 
August 6, 1993.
    This application describes a new modality of nuclear magnetic 
resonance imaging. Specifically, this is a method and system for 
measuring the diffusion tensor and for generating images related to the 
diffusion tensor. Several advantages can be achieved with this method 
and system for measuring the effective diffusion tensor for spin-
labeled nuclei. The diffusion tensor may be used for generating a 
diffusion ellipsoid for the measured region. Such techniques may be 
used for imaging fiber orientation in tissue. Measurements in diffusion 
tensor may also be used for aligning and calibrating the magnetic field 
gradients of the NMR apparatus itself.

ADDRESSES: Licensing information and copies of the U.S. patent 
application may be obtained by writing to J.E. Fahner-Vihtelic at the 
Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, 6011 
Executive Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, Maryland 20852-3804 
(telephone 301/496-7735 ext. 285; fax 301/402-0220). A signed 
Confidential Disclosure Agreement will be required to receive copies of 
the patent application.

    Dated: December 20, 1994.
Barbara M. McGarey,
Deputy Director, Office of Technology Transfer.
[FR Doc. 95-46 Filed 1-3-95; 8:45 am]
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