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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Martin D. Hürlimann, Newton, MA (US);

Soumyajit Mandal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Van Mai DO, Cambridge, MA (US);

Yi-qiao Song, Newton Center, MA (US);

Inventors:

Martin D. Hürlimann, Newton, MA (US);

Soumyajit Mandal, Cambridge, MA (US);

Van Mai Do, Cambridge, MA (US);

Yi-Qiao Song, Newton Center, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/14 (2006.01); G01V 3/32 (2006.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/38 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/32 (2013.01); G01N 24/081 (2013.01); G01R 33/5617 (2013.01); G01R 33/3808 (2013.01); G01R 33/445 (2013.01);
Abstract

Illustrative embodiments are directed to applying a nuclear magnetic resonance sequence to a substance within an inhomogeneous static magnetic field. Various embodiments include applying a series of refocusing pulses to the substance, each refocusing pulse in the series of refocusing pulses having at least two segments, and a total pulse duration less than or equal to approximately 1.414 times T. Various embodiments can further include applying an excitation pulse to the substance in the inhomogeneous static magnetic field, where the excitation pulse generates an initial magnetization that is aligned with a refocusing axis produced by a refocusing cycle that is performed after the excitation pulse.


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