The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Peder E. Larson, Oakland, CA (US);
John M. Pauly, Stanford, CA (US);
Daniel B. Vigneron, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Albert Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam B. Kerr, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peder E. Larson, Oakland, CA (US);
John M. Pauly, Stanford, CA (US);
Daniel B. Vigneron, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Albert Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam B. Kerr, Menlo Park, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for performing magnetic resonance spectroscopy is described. The method generally includes applying a tailored multiband spectral-spatial radio frequency excitation pulse to a sample including a first species and at least a second species having a different resonant frequency than the first species. The multiband excitation pulse excites the first species according to a first amplitude and excites the second species according to a second amplitude that is substantially greater than the first amplitude. Data is acquired from the sample. The acquired data is then utilized to generate a spectroscopic output. By way of example, the spectroscopic output is a spectroscopic image. In particular embodiments, the data for the first and second species is acquired dynamically over an observation window of time.