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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Curtis A. Corum, Shoreview, MN (US);
Djaudat S. Idiyatullin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Steen Moeller, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Michael G. Garwood, Medina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Curtis A. Corum, Shoreview, MN (US);
Djaudat S. Idiyatullin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Steen Moeller, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Michael G. Garwood, Medina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/32 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); G01R 33/4816 (2013.01);
Abstract
Positive contrast localization of magnetic (e.g. superparamagnetic) particles in vivo or in vitro by means of SWIFT-MRI using the imaginary component of MR image data in combination with an anatomic reference image derived from the real or magnitude component.