摘要:
A method of and an apparatus for the determination of the electron density of small volumes of a body. Two narrow beams of ionizing radiation of substantially equal intensity are subsequently directed through the small volume in two different directions. The intensity of the transmitted radiation as well as the scattered radiation along said two directions is measured extra-corporally, which measurements are employed in computing the electron density of the small volume. The employed radiation is of such high energy that the Compton effect will be the wholly dominant absorption phenomenon in the volume as well as in the radiation paths in the two mentioned directions, and that the change in the absorption cross-section from primary to secondary radiation caused by the Compton shift will be substantial.
摘要:
The present invention relates to particles comprising cores of tungsten or tungsten in mixture with other metallic elements as the contrast enhancing material wherein said core are coated, to pharmaceuticals containing such particles, and to the use of such pharmaceuticals specifically as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging, in particular in X-ray imaging.
摘要:
The present invention describes a method of and apparatus for performing electron spin resonance enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (ESREMRI) at ultra-low fields of up to 20 Gauss, optionally dispensing with a primary magnet and using the earth's ambient field to provide the primary magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging procedure.
摘要:
A method of generating a magnetic resonance image of a sample comprising introducing into the sample a contrast medium comprising a paramagnetic material having an electron spin resonance transition having a linewidth of 1 Gauss or less; exposing the sample to a first radiation of a frequency selected to excite nuclear spin transitions in selective nuclei in the sample and exposing the sample to a second radiation of a frequency which excites electron spin transitions coupled to nuclear spin transitions of at least some nuclei, the second radiation being of a frequency selected to excite an electron spin resonance transition of the paramagnetic material; detecting free induction decay signals from the sample; and generating therefrom a magnetic resonance image of the sample.
摘要:
There is provided a method of and apparatus for thermographic imaging involving the use in electron spin resonance enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (ESREMRI) of a paramagnetic contrast agent having in its esr spectrum a temperature dependant transition. The ESREMRI enhancement of the free induction decay signal resultant on stimulating that transition with radiation of a set frequency or frequency band is itself accordingly temperature dependant.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance image generating apparatus comprising a first radiation source capable of emitting a first radiation of a frequency selected to excite nuclear spin transitions in selected nuclei in a sample being imaged and means for detecting free induction decay signals from said selected nuclei, characterized in that said apparatus further comprises a second radiation source capable of emitting a second radiation of a frequency selected to excite electron spin transitions coupled to the nuclear spin transitions of at least some of said selected nuclei.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for the determination of the electron density in a part volume in a patient by means of an X-ray tube, said tube comprising an anode symmetrical with respect to rotation as an electron beam rotates relative to the axis of rotation. As a result an X-ray emission from several points is obtained. By means of the scattered X-rays the electron densities can be measured.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of generating a magnetic resonance image of a sample comprising introducing into the sample a physiologically tolerable deuterated stable free radical, exposing the sample to first and second radiations of frequencies selected respectively to excite nuclear spin transitions in selected nuclei in the sample and to excite electron spin resonance transitions of the free radical coupled to nuclear spin transitions of at least some of the nuclei, detecting free induction decay signals from the sample, and generating a magnetic resonance image from these signals.