Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1991-06-24
1994-01-11
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128708, A61B 5055
Patent
active
052771822
ABSTRACT:
A method for imaging the coronary artery of a living body using nuclear magnetic resonance, wherein a patient is located in a static magneic field and the heart cycle of the patient is detected with the heart dilation period of the patient being determined in accordance with the detected heart cycle. Then, the coronary artery of the patient is portrayed on the nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated by applying high-frequency energy to the patient during the determined heart dilation period.
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Proceedings of the International Symposium CAR '87, pp. 66-73.
Kohno Hideki
Koizumi Hideaki
Miyamoto Yoshiyuki
Sano Koichi
Takeda Ryuzaburo
Hitachi , Ltd.
Smith Ruth S.
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