MULTI-SLICE CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IMAGING WITH CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING MRI - Patent 1071367

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EP 1 071 367 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05

(21)	Application number: 99918519.2

(22)	Date of filing: 13.04.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61B 5/055

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9908/087

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9952/429 (21.10.1999 Gazette 1999/42)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

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Priority:

13.04.1998 US 81506 P

(71)	Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	ALSOP, David, C. Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul
	Carpmaels & Ransford43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	MULTI-SLICE CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW IMAGING WITH CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING MRI