Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Spectrometer components
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2007-10-09
Shrivastav, Brij B. (Department: 2859)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Spectrometer components
C324S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11244815
ABSTRACT:
This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for modulating transverse and longitudinal relaxation time contrast in a rotating frame based on a train of radio frequency pulses.
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Garwood Michael G.
Michaeli Shalom
Sorce Dennis J.
Ugurbil Kamil
Regents of the University of Minnesota
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Shrivastav Brij B.
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