IMPROVED TECHNIQUES FOR MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING
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    发明公开
    IMPROVED TECHNIQUES FOR MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING 审中-公开
    改进的技术磁粉表示

    公开(公告)号:EP2317916A2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-11

    申请号:EP09798250.8

    申请日:2009-06-23

    IPC分类号: A61B5/05 A61K49/18 G01R33/02

    摘要: A magnetic particle imaging apparatus includes magnets [106,107] that produce a gradient magnetic field having a field free region (FFR), excitation field electromagnets [102,114] that produce a radiofrequency magnetic field within the field free region, high-Q receiving coils [112] that detect a response of magnetic particles in the field free region to the excitation field. Field translation electromagnets create a homogeneous magnetic field displacing the field-free region through the field of view (FOV) allowing the imaging region to be scanned to optimize scan time, scanning power, amplifier heating, SAR, dB/dt, and/or slew rate. Efficient multi-resolution scanning techniques are also provided. Intermodulated low and radio-frequency excitation signals are processed to produce an image of a distribution of the magnetic nanoparticles within the imaging region. A single composite image is computed using deconvolution of multiple signals at different harmonics.