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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:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2001
Kecheng Liu, Solon, OH (US);
Jasjit S. Suri, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Thomas S. Cull, Willoughby Hills, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging method includes acquiring a baseline magnetic resonance image of a region of interest in the absence of a contrast agent and simulating an increase in image intensity of a subregion of interest within the region of interest which is subject to increased image intensity in the presence of a contrast agent. The magnetic resonance k-space signal intensity is correlated with contrast agent concentration in the subregion and a contrast agent is administered to the subject. As k-space data for the region of interest is acquired, the signal intensity is monitored to derive contrast agent concentration information. When the peak contrast agent concentration is detected from the monitored k-space data signal intensity, the phase encoding is adjusted so that k-space data with zero phase encoding is acquired. In a further aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is also provided.
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