Method and an automatic system for obtaining water content and e

Details Method and an automatic system for obtaining water content and e Method and an automatic system for obtaining water content and e

1997-12-29

1999-11-30

Smith, Ruth S.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation

324307, 324312, A61B 5055

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059958634

ABSTRACT:
Magnetic resonance images (NMR, MRI) are subjected to quantitative analysis of the water content of individual regions of the images, preferably with treatment of relaxation effects, correction for non-uniformities, and taking account of the possible presence of fat tissue. Respective electric-permittivity values can be generated from the aforementioned water-content maps to produce electric-permittivity maps of the object observed.

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