Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1993-06-07
1995-05-23
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
1286534, 128654, 128655, 424 93, 424 936, A61B 5055
Patent
active
054172136
ABSTRACT:
This invention is a method of imaging arteries distinctly from veins using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in combination with intravenous administration of an magnetic resonance contrast agent. The contrast agent is intravenously injected in such a way that the arterial contrast concentration is substantially higher than the venous and background tissue concentration for a sufficiently long period of time to acquire the magnetic resonance image. The injection site of the contrast agent is chosen such that it is in a vein which is remote from the artery of interest. The magnetic resonance contrast agent may be intravenously infused at a variable infusion rate.
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Casler Brian L.
Cohen Lee S.
Steinberg Neil A.
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