Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2009-03-19
2011-12-13
Nguyen, Sang (Department: 2886)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C382S130000, C382S128000, C324S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08077955
ABSTRACT:
Frequency filtering of spatially modulated or “tagged” MRI data in the spatial frequency k-space domain with subsequent 2DFT to the spatial domain and pixel-by-pixel arithmetic calculations provide robust ratio values that can be subjected to inverse trigonometric functions to derive B1 maps for an MRI system.
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Dannels Wayne R.
Wheaton Andrew J.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Nguyen Sang
Nixon & Vanderhye PC
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
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