Patent · US Expired

Magnetic resonance experiment and apparatus

US5296809A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Timothy Roberts · Tucson, US
Thomas A. Carpenter · Granger, US
Laurence D. Hall

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 4, 1992
Grant date	Mar 22, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 4, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/4838
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance experiment is described in which a sample under test is subjected to a sequence of gradient magnetic fields and RF pulses and resultant pulse echoes are monitored. At least one of the RF pulses comprises a prefocused, phase-modulated, time-asymmetric RF pulse.

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