Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Determine fluid flow rate
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-11
2010-12-07
Arana, Louis M (Department: 2831)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Determine fluid flow rate
C324S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07847545
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of phase contrast imaging includes a system control programmed to acquire a first set of data and a second set of data via the RF coil assembly during a scan and acquire a third set of data and a fourth set of data via the plurality of magnetic field monitoring devices during the scan. A first single data set from the first and third sets of data is formed, and a second single data set from the second and fourth sets of data is formed. The system control is also programmed to reconstruct a phase contrast image based on the first and second single data sets to correct for spatially-dependent background phase variations.
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Foo Thomas K. F.
Lange Dirk
Vogel Mika
Wiesinger Florian
Arana Louis M
General Electric Company
Klindtworth Jason K.
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