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- 专利标题: Apparatus and method for determining at least one electromagnetic quantity
- 专利标题(中): 用于确定至少一个电磁量的装置和方法
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申请号: US13388108申请日: 2010-08-02
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公开(公告)号: US08812078B2公开(公告)日: 2014-08-19
- 发明人: Peter Vernickel , Ulrich Katscher , Bernhard Gleich , Jurgen Erwin Rahmer
- 申请人: Peter Vernickel , Ulrich Katscher , Bernhard Gleich , Jurgen Erwin Rahmer
- 申请人地址: NL Eindhoven
- 专利权人: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- 当前专利权人: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- 当前专利权人地址: NL Eindhoven
- 优先权: EP09167496 20090807
- 国际申请: PCT/IB2010/053497 WO 20100802
- 国际公布: WO2011/015983 WO 20110210
- 主分类号: A61B5/05
- IPC分类号: A61B5/05 ; G01V3/00
摘要:
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.
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