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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. 05, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Yudong Zhu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventor:
Yudong Zhu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B005/05 ; G01V003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing an image of a region of interest using a Magnet Resonance Imaging (MRI) system comprises the steps of acquiring a plurality of under-sampled MR data sets from a plurality of radiofrequency (RF) coils forming an array and combining the plurality of under-sampled MR data sets to produce the image. Each of the RF coils has a non-uniform sensitivity.