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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideaki Koizumi, Katsuta, JP;
Ryuzaburo Takeda, Mito, JP;
Hideki Kohno, Tama, JP;
Tetsuo Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Miyamoto, Katsuta, JP;
Koichi Sano, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286533 ; 128708 ;
Abstract
A method for imaging the coronary artery of a living body using nuclear magnetic resonance, wherein a patient is located in a static magneic field and the heart cycle of the patient is detected with the heart dilation period of the patient being determined in accordance with the detected heart cycle. Then, the coronary artery of the patient is portrayed on the nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated by applying high-frequency energy to the patient during the determined heart dilation period.