Global Patent Index - EP 1774366 A4

EP 1774366 A4 20071114 - A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE USING A STATIC AND HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD

Title (en)

A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE USING A STATIC AND HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD

Title (de)

MAGNETRESONANZ-ABBILDUNGSVERFAHREN UND -EINRICHTUNG MIT EINEM STATISCHEN UND EINEM HOMOGENEN MAGNETFELD

Title (fr)

PROCEDE D'IMAGERIE PAR RESONANCE MAGNETIQUE ET DISPOSITIF UTILISANT UN CHAMP MAGNETIQUE STATIQUE ET HOMOGENE

Publication

EP 1774366 A4 20071114 (EN)

Application

EP 05751307 A 20050614

Priority

  • IL 2005000626 W 20050614
  • IL 16250104 A 20040614
  • IL 16705105 A 20050222

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2005122060A2] Described is a system for producing an MRI image of an object portion from magnetic resonance signals produced by the object portion in response to an RF signal transmitted to the object portion when it is in a static and homogeneous magnetic field. The system includes: (i) a probe for detecting the magnetic resonance signals when in the proximity of the object portion; and (ii) a signal processing assembly adapted to receive an output signal from the probe and to process the output signal into image data sets. The probe includes a plurality of RF detectors, each having a defined location and address.

IPC 8 full level

G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01R 33/3415 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [XY] JP H0924036 A 19970128 - HITACHI MEDICAL CORP
  • [X] JP 2002143122 A 20020521 - TOSHIBA CORP
  • [X] EP 0554584 A1 19930811 - PHILIPS NV [NL]
  • [Y] WO 03087861 A1 20031023 - BLUEMICH BERNHARD [DE], et al
  • [A] US 5572132 A 19961105 - PULYER YULY M [US], et al
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  • [A] PRADO P J ET AL: "One-Dimensional Imaging with a Palm-Size Probe", JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE, ACADEMIC PRESS, ORLANDO, FL, US, vol. 144, no. 2, June 2000 (2000-06-01), pages 200 - 206, XP004406907, ISSN: 1090-7807
  • [A] WRIGHT S M ET AL: "Parallel imaging: system design and limitations", BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: MACRO TO NANO, 2004. IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARLINGTON,VA, USA APRIL 15-18, 2004, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, 15 April 2004 (2004-04-15), pages 1200 - 1203, XP010773999, ISBN: 0-7803-8389-3
  • [T] KWIAT ET AL: "Miniature array postdetection-encoded MRI", MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, TARRYTOWN, NY, US, vol. 24, no. 7, September 2006 (2006-09-01), pages 963 - 975, XP005613398, ISSN: 0730-725X
  • See references of WO 2005122060A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005122060 A2 20051222; WO 2005122060 A3 20060526; EP 1774366 A2 20070418; EP 1774366 A4 20071114; IL 180068 A0 20070515; JP 2008504939 A 20080221

DOCDB simple family (application)

IL 2005000626 W 20050614; EP 05751307 A 20050614; IL 18006806 A 20061214; JP 2007523231 A 20050614