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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Jia Guo, La Jolla, CA (US);
Eric C. Wong, Del Mar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jia Guo, La Jolla, CA (US);
Eric C. Wong, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4838 (2013.01); G01R 33/56366 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques, systems computer program products are disclosed increasing tagging efficiency in velocity selective arterial spin labeling using multiple velocity selective saturation modules. In one aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging method for tagging arterial blood includes using two or more velocity selective saturation (VSS) modules to tag arterial blood. The tagged arterial blood is imaged.