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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Rene Theodorus Wegh, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat, Eindhoven, NL;
Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Rene Theodorus Wegh, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat, Eindhoven, NL;
Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for mapping a physico-chemical parameter using a chemical exchange saturation transfer contrast agent in Magnetic Resonance Imaging is used with agents having only one exchangeable entity pool, e.g. proton pool, by applying two different RF frequencies for pre-saturation of the contrast agent.