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Patent No.:

US 8306603 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2006
Applicants:

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;

Inventors:

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;

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Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
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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.


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Willard, Nicolaas. (2012). Mri involving contrast agent with time modulated contrast enhancement (U.S. Patent No. 8306603). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8306603

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