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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas Lamerichs, Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Theodorus Wegh, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat, Eindhoven, NL;
Holger Gruell, Eindhoven, NL;
Rudolf Mathias Johannes Nicolaas Lamerichs, Eindhoven, NL;
Rene Theodorus Wegh, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat, Eindhoven, NL;
Holger Gruell, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for MRI imaging to obtain information about a local physiochemical parameter after administration to a patient of a contrast agent including at least one non-responsive contrast enhancing entity that does not occur naturally in a human body and at least one responsive contrast enhancing entity attached to or mixed with the non-responsive contrast enhancing entity. By using such non-responsive contrast enhancing entities, a value for the physicochemical parameter can be obtained by acquiring only three images, providing a method which will be easier to apply in a clinical routine, since it will be faster and less sensitive to motion or flow artifacts.