METHOD USING COMPOSITE PREPARATION PULSE FOR NQR TESTING OF SAMPLES IN INHOMOGENOUS RF MAGNETIC FIELDS - Patent 2183580

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EP 2 183 580 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	12.05.2010 Bulletin 2010/19

(21)	Application number: 08771859.9

(22)	Date of filing: 25.06.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 24/08^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2008/068081

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/020717 (12.02.2009 Gazette 2009/07)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

09.08.2007 US 836585

(71)	Applicant: GE Homeland Protection, Inc.
	Newark, CA 94560 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ROBERT, Hector, G. San Diego, CA 92129 (US) BUSSANDRI, Alejandro La Jolla, CA 92037 (US)

(74)	Representative: Smaggasgale, Gillian Helen et al
	W.P. Thompson & Co 55 Drury Lane London WC2B 5SQ London WC2B 5SQ (GB)

(54)	METHOD USING COMPOSITE PREPARATION PULSE FOR NQR TESTING OF SAMPLES IN INHOMOGENOUS RF MAGNETIC FIELDS