Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-23
2005-08-23
Shrivastav, Brij (Department: 2859)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
C324S307000, C324S312000, C324S314000, C600S410000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06933720
ABSTRACT:
An improved magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methodology uses an abbreviated initial MRI sequence to generate sequence diagnostic parameters. The sequence diagnostic parameters have a fixed relationship to certain sequence-conditioning parameters, and are used for calculating characteristic values of the sequence-conditioning parameters. The read out gradient pulse sequence is modified in accordance with the calculated characteristic values of the sequence-conditioning parameters. The modified read out gradient pulse sequence is then incorporated into a subsequent MRI pulse sequence used for obtaining a diagnostic image. The methodology has particular application in so called ultra fast MRI process which include echo-planar imaging (EPI) and echo-volume imaging (EVI).
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Fetzner Tiffany A.
Nixon & Vandergye P.C.
Shrivastav Brij
Toshiba America MRI Inc.
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