Patent · US Expired

Method of magnetic resonance imaging

US6901281B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Amersham Health AS · NO

Inventors

Atle Bjørnerud · Oslo, NO
Kenneth Kellar · Wayne, US
Karen Briley-Saebo · Oslo, NO
Lars Johansson

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2001
Grant date	May 31, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/5601
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a method of magnetic resonance imaging of regional blood oxygenation which comprises administering into the vasculature of a vascularized human or non-human animal subject a T2 blood pool contrast agent, detecting a magnetic resonance signal from at least part of the vasculature of said subject into which said contrast agent distributes, and manipulating said signal to generate an indication of the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) in at least part of said vasculature.

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