Magnetic resonance imaging
CA 2077760 C · Owner: Rocklage, Scott M. · Inventors: Kucharczyk, John; Rocklage, Scott M.; Moseley, Michael E.
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The invention provides a method of detecting blood flow abnormality or variation in a human or non-human body said, method comprising administering into the systemic vasculature of a said body a contrast enhancing amount of an intravascular paramagnetic metal containing magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent subjecting said body to a magnetic resonance imaging procedure capable of generating from magnetic resonance signals from said body a series of temporally spaced images of at least a part of said body into which said agent passes and detecting temporal variations in said signals or images whereby to identify regions of abnormal or modified blood flow in said body and to indicate …
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- Filed March 6, 1991 and granted January 23, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 2011.
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