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Patent No.:

US 5697370 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997

Filed:

Jan. 17, 1996

Method for increasing temporal resolution of mr fluoroscopy

Applicant:
Inventors:

Norbert J Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);

Stephen G Hushek, Brookfield, WI (US);

Assignees:

General Electric Company, Waukesha, WI (US);

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Stanford, CA (US);

Attorney:

Quarles & Brady

Primary Examiner:

Francis Jaworski

Assistant Examiner:

Derrick Fields

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286532 ; 1286534 ;
Abstract

A method is described for increasing the temporal resolution of MR fluoroscopy procedures. A central portion of the image requiring a higher temporal resolution is updated more frequently using less-than-complete newly acquired NMR data. A running average of the signals produced by peripheral structures is used to form the periphery of the image and to remove artifact-producing data from the less-than-complete NMR data.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Pelc, Norbert. (1997). Method for increasing temporal resolution of mr fluoroscopy (U.S. Patent No. 5697370). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5697370

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