Coronory artery imaging method and apparatus
US5277182A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/563
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for imaging the coronary artery of a living body using nuclear magnetic resonance, wherein a patient is located in a static magneic field and the heart cycle of the patient is detected with the heart dilation period of the patient being determined in accordance with the detected heart cycle. Then, the coronary artery of the patient is portrayed on the nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated by applying high-frequency energy to the patient during the determined heart dilation period.
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