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NMR imaging system using phase-shifted signals

US4665366A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1985
Grant dateMay 12, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/446
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The nuclei in a volume are imaged using a sequence of excitations in the presence of one or more time-varying gradient fields. The resultant phase variations are cancelled to isolate a region of the volume. Various phase-modulation functions are used to provide a desired localization function. The excitation variations can be combined with time-varying gradients during the reception interval.

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