Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-03
2009-11-10
Arana, Louis M (Department: 2831)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
C324S322000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07615997
ABSTRACT:
A medical imaging system (2) excites multiple nuclei through a single RF amplifier (24). The medical imaging system (2) includes a magnet (10) that generates a main magnetic field (Bo) in an examination region. A gradient coil (14) superimposes magnetic field gradients (G) on the main magnetic field Bo. At least one transmitter (28) generates multi-nuclei excitation pulses associated with at least two different isotopes and two different frequency spectra. The single amplifier (24) sends the multi-nuclei excitation pulses to a RF coil (18, 20) for application to the examination region.
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Graesslin Ingmar
Harvey Paul R.
Schaeffter Tobias
Arana Louis M
Koninklijke Philips Electronics , N.V.
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