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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory S Karczmar, Crete, IL (US);
David A Kovar, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Arch Development Corp., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324309 ; 324318 ; 600410 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for generating a magnetic resonance image of a biotic structure. The method includes the steps of generating a plurality of datasets by modulating a free induction decay of at least some MR detectable nuclei in the biotic structure with a sinusoidally oscillating magnetic field gradient and using the spectroscopic and spatial information present in the acquired signal to approximate a set of instantaneously acquired gradient echoes. The method further includes the step of synthesizing images based upon the approximated acquired gradient echoes.