Audio information incorporated within MRI pulse sequences
US5709207A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/283
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Audio information is spoken into a microphone and saved in digitized form in an electronic file. The digitized information is converted into a format which is usable within a particular MRI system. Thereafter, a electronically store pulse sequence, useable within the selected MRI system, is selected and edited to incorporate the converted digitized verbal information and appropriate header information. When the edited pulse sequence is operated by the MRI system, audio information is projected which can be heard by the human ear using the elements of an existing MRI system.
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