Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2004-02-05
2008-03-11
Casler, Brian L. (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S420000, C600S419000, C324S306000, C324S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07343193
ABSTRACT:
A 3D projection reconstruction pulse sequence is employed during a CEMRA dynamic study to acquire a time course series of k-space data sets. Signals from non-vascular voxels are suppressed by reconstructing a corresponding series of low resolution images using the centers of the acquired k-space data sets, and measuring the degree to which the signal behavior of voxels therein differ from a model of unwanted signal. Signals from voxels which do not differ from the model are suppressed and the resulting filtered low resolution images are transformed back to k-space and combined with the originally acquired peripheral k-space data to form complete, filtered k-space data sets from which images may be reconstructed.
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Arunachalam Arjun
Block Walter
Casler Brian L.
Kholdebarin Iman Kenneth
Quarles & Brady LLP
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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