(19)
(11) EP 1 831 712 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
08.04.2009 Bulletin 2009/15

(21) Application number: 05850886.2

(22) Date of filing: 19.12.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01R 33/36(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2005/054312
(87) International publication number:
WO 2006/067727 (29.06.2006 Gazette 2006/26)

(54)

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN FÜR MAGNETRESONANZBILDGEBUNG

SYSTEME ET METHODE D'IMAGERIE PAR RESONANCE MAGNETIQUE

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 22.12.2004 EP 04106844

(43) Date of publication of application:
12.09.2007 Bulletin 2007/37

(73) Proprietors:
  • Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)
    Designated Contracting States:
    AT BE BG CH CY CZ DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR 
  • Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
    20099 Hamburg (DE)
    Designated Contracting States:
    DE 

(72) Inventors:
  • KATSCHER, Ulrich
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • FINDEKLEE, Christian
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • VERNICKEL, Peter
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • LEUSSLER, Christoph
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Schouten, Marcus Maria 
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards P.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 1 279 968
 WO-A-20/04053514
   
  • KATSCHER U. ET AL: "Transmit SENSE" MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE WILEY USA, vol. 49, January 2003 (2003-01), pages 144-150, XP002387049 ISSN: 0740-3194
  • KATSCHER U ET AL: "Theoretical and numerical aspects of transmit SENSE" IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING IEEE USA, vol. 23, no. 4, April 2004 (2004-04), pages 520-525, XP002387050 ISSN: 0278-0062
  • U. KATSCHER ET AL.: "Theory and experimental verification of transmit SENSE" PROC. INTL. SOC. MAG. RES. MED., vol. 10, 2002, XP002387051
  • Y. ZHU: "Acceleration of Focused Excitation with a Transmit Coil Array" PROC. INTL. SOC. MAG. RES. MED., vol. 10, 2002, XP002387052
   
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