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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Bernhard Gleich, Hamburg, DE;
Juergen Weizenecker, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Gleich, Hamburg, DE;
Juergen Weizenecker, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for influencing and/or detecting magnetic particles in a region of action includes generating a magnetic selection field having a pattern in space of its magnetic field strength such that a first sub-zone having a low magnetic field strength and a second sub-zone having a higher magnetic field strength are formed in the region of action. The method further includes changing the position in space of the two sub-zones in the region of action by means of a magnetic drive field so that the magnetization of the magnetic particles change locally, and acquiring signals that depend on the magnetization in the region of action. The magnetization is influenced by the change in the position in space of the first and second sub-zone. The magnetic drive vector of the magnetic drive field is rotated in at least one rotation plane.