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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Bornert, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Schaffter, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324309 ; 324307 ;
Abstract
A method of determining the spatial and/or spectral distribution of nuclear magnetization in separate regions (which are not coherent in respect of space or frequency) utilizes multi-dimensional RF pulses which are configured such that it is possible to determine the nuclear magnetization distribution in the individual regions from a linear combination of the MR signals occurring subsequent to an excitation (or from MR data derived therefrom). This results in shorter measuring times or a more attractive signal-to-noise ratio.