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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:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Hisako Nagao, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Abe, Chiba, JP;
Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Takizawa, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Hisako Nagao, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Abe, Chiba, JP;
Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Masahiro Takizawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An MRI apparatus and method are provided which are capable of properly setting imaging position of regions of a subject on a table and moving the table to the set positions, for imaging a wide range or the entire body range of the subject.