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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles A. Mistretta, Madison, WI (US);
Andrew V. Barger, Madison, WI (US);
Walter F. Block, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
Abstract
A 3D projection reconstruction pulse sequence is employed to acquire CEMRA images. In one application of the invention an undersampled, high resolution abdominal CEMRA image is acquired in a single breathhold. In another application of the invention a series of undersampled image frames are acquired during a CEMRA dynamic study Each image is produced by combining peripheral k-space data from adjacent image frames with the central and peripheral k-space data of an acquired image frame.