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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2006
Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Theodorus Wegh, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat, Eindhoven, NL;
Holger Gruell, Eindhoven, NL;
Tobias Schaeffter, Blackheath, GB;
Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas Lamerichs, Eindhoven, NL;
Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Theodorus Wegh, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat, Eindhoven, NL;
Holger Gruell, Eindhoven, NL;
Tobias Schaeffter, Blackheath, GB;
Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas Lamerichs, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method MRI imaging. By applying a time modulation to the contrast enhancement of an MRI contrast agent, the method according to the invention leads to images with improved signal-to-noise ratio in the contrast-enhanced areas, strongly suppressed unwanted signal in the unenhanced areas, and reduced artefacts, such as motion artefacts.