Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for determining at least one electromagnetic quantity
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定至少一个电磁量的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13388108Application Date: 2010-08-02
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Publication No.: US08812078B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: Peter Vernickel , Ulrich Katscher , Bernhard Gleich , Jurgen Erwin Rahmer
- Applicant: Peter Vernickel , Ulrich Katscher , Bernhard Gleich , Jurgen Erwin Rahmer
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP09167496 20090807
- International Application: PCT/IB2010/053497 WO 20100802
- International Announcement: WO2011/015983 WO 20110210
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05 ; G01V3/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus (100) for determining at least one electromagnetic quantity characterizing an electromagnetic property of an object, in particular a human body, wherein said object contains magnetic particles. The apparatus (100) applying the known principle of Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) comprises selection means for generating a magnetic selection field (50) having the known field pattern showing a field free point (FFP), drive means for changing the position in space of the FFP by means of a magnetic drive field, receiving means for acquiring detection signals depending on the magnetization of the magnetic particles within a field of view (28) and a reconstruction unit (152) for reconstructing a particle distribution quantity depending on the detection signals. The apparatus (100) further comprises a control unit (150) for controlling the receiving means for acquiring a first set of detection signals corresponding to a first drive field frequency and a second set of detection signals corresponding to a second drive field frequency, with both drive field frequencies differing from each other. The control unit (15) further controls the reconstruction unit (152) for reconstructing a first particle distribution quantity depending on the first set of detection signals and a second particle distribution quantity depending on the second set of detection signals. The apparatus (100) further comprises a determination unit (160) for determining the electromagnetic quantity depending on the first and second particle distribution quantity. The present invention further relates to a corresponding method as well as to a computer program.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120126800A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE ELECTROMAGNETIC QUANTITY Public/Granted day:2012-05-24
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