Health trackers for autonomous targeting of tissue sampling sites
OwnerGil Travishinventor
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Abstract
Health trackers for targeting tissue sampling sites in accordance with embodiments of the invention are provided. In one embodiment, a health tracker includes: a scanner for capturing spectral data, the scanner comprising: a magnet configured to generate a field gradient across a region of interest; an RF transmitting antenna configured to generate a localized field; and an RF sensing antenna configured to sense a localized area; and where the scanner is configured to obtain magnetic resonance spectral data from predetermined locations with a volume of interest.
Claims14
A health tracker for autonomously targeting optimal tissue sampling sites of a user's hand, the health tracker comprising:
- a scanner for capturing magnetic resonance spectral data, the scanner comprising:
- an entrance funnel for receiving the user's hand and a hand rest for positioning the user's hand;
- a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field gradient across a region of interest of the user's hand;
- an RF transmitting antenna configured to generate a localized field;
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- an RF sensing antenna configured to sense a localized area;
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- wherein the scanner is configured to capture the magnetic resonance spectral data from optimal tissue sampling sites within the region of interest of the user's hand;
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- wherein the health tracker is configured to autonomously determine the optimal tissue sampling sites of the user's hand by:
- determining a search volume within the region of interest of the user's hand;
- segmenting the search volume into a plurality of R-regions to narrow the search volume, wherein the plurality of R-regions comprises a first R-region and a second R-region;
- targeting a plurality of voxels within the first R-region, wherein the plurality of voxels of the first R-region comprises a first voxel within the first R-region and a second voxel within the first R-region;
- obtaining magnetic resonance spectral data for the first voxel within the first R-region;
- obtaining magnetic resonance spectral data for the second voxel within the first R-region;
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- determining the optimal tissue sampling sites using the magnetic resonance spectra data for first and second voxels within the first R-region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.