Patent · US Expired

Method for exciting transverse magnetization in magnetic resonance

US5448170A · kind A · utility

9Cited by
4References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1993
Grant dateSep 5, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/4616
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for exciting transverse magnetization by irradiating a nuclear spin system subjected to a constant magnetic field with a frequency-modulated rf-pulse ("chirp"-pulse) and with a further frequency-modulated rf-pulse (further chirp-pulse) for refocusing the magnetization, is characterized in that the rf-pulse-(P1) and the further rf-pulse (P2) overlap each other in time at least partially. Thus, the duration of the pulses can be reduced.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.