Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Determine fluid flow rate
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-23
2009-08-11
Arana, Louis M (Department: 2831)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Determine fluid flow rate
C324S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07573265
ABSTRACT:
A method of removing noise while preserving signal in nuclear magnetic resonance images combines steps of performing a magnitude threshold filter and performing a phase threshold filter on the image data. Preferably, a magnitude and phase connectivity algorithm is applied to pixels that fail to meet either the magnitude or phase thresholds.
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Arana Louis M
Magnetic Resonance Innovations, Inc.
Smith, Esq. Clyde L.
Thompson & Coburn LLP
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