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High speed NMR imaging system

US4579121A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1983
Grant dateApr 1, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 18, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/54
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cross-sectional image of the NMR activity in the body is formed by taking a sequence of projections, each having a different transverse gradient structure. Following each excitation the spins in the cross section are driven back to equilibrium. For imaging relaxation times, the sequence of projection signals are processed so as to represent an acquisition at a specific desired time.

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