Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Determine fluid flow rate
Reexamination Certificate
2010-10-21
2011-12-27
Arana, Louis (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Determine fluid flow rate
C324S307000, C324S309000, C600S413000, C600S419000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08085040
ABSTRACT:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which applies a labeling pulse to invert a spin included in a labeling region within part of a imaging region and then collects a echo signal from a time point when an inversion time has passed from the application of the labeling pulse, and a control unit, the control unit controlling the imaging unit so that the echo signal in the imaging region is collected a plurality of times with variations in the inversion time, the control unit also controlling the imaging unit so that a time ranging from a reference time point within a biological signal obtained from a subject to the application of the labeling pulse is a time determined in accordance with the inversion time.
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Kanazawa Hitoshi
Kimura Tokunori
Umeda Masaaki
Yamada Shin-ya
Arana Louis
Nixon & Vanderhye PC
Tokai University Educational System
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
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