Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Spectrometer components
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-02
2009-02-03
Vargas, Dixomara (Department: 2831)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Spectrometer components
C324S307000, C324S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07486076
ABSTRACT:
An MRI apparatus and method are provided which are capable of properly setting imaging position of regions of a subject on a table and moving the table to the set positions, for imaging a wide range or the entire body range of the subject.
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English translation of May 23, 2008 Chinese official action in connection with counterpart Chinese patent application No. 200580028869.6.
Sep. 29, 2008 official action in connection with a counterpart Japanese patent application No. 2008-212310.
Abe Takayuki
Nagao Hisako
Takahashi Tetsuhiko
Takizawa Masahiro
Cooper & Dunham LLP
Ricoh Company, Ltd
Vargas Dixomara
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