[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Government-Owned Invention; Availability for Licensing AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4140-01-P