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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:
Oct. 19, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
David H. Gurr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
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
A technique is provided whereby a solvent spectrum may be partially modulated from a spectrum of interest using magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. The technique utilizes a solvent suppression technique capable of variable levels of suppression and alternates the application of first and second suppressive pulses in the imaging sequence which differ in the degree of solvent suppression they produce. The alternation of these suppressive pulses results in the partial modulation of the solvent signal from the signal of interest after processing.