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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nozomu Uetake, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kosugi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
For the purpose of increasing the time available for performing a calculation on a navigator echo, a method comprises: during one of two consecutive periods TR, effecting RF excitation on spins within an object and acquiring a navigator echo, and thereafter effecting RF excitation for preparation; and during the other of the two consecutive periods, effecting RF excitation on the spins within the object and acquiring an imaging echo, and thereafter effecting RF excitation for preparation.