NMR scanner with motion zeugmatography
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1. In a gyromagnetic resonance instrument which performs a measurement cycle by applying a transverse excitation signal to a gyromagnetic material and to thereby impart a transverse magnetic moment thereto, and which produces a FID signal responsive to emissions by the transversely magnetized gyromagnetic material, the improvement comprising:
- means for motion sensitizing a FID signal in which a motion sensitizing magnetic field gradient F is applied to the gyromagnetic material for a period of time 2T after its transverse excitation and prior to the production of the FID signal, and wherein the motion sensitizing magnetic field gradient F has alternating polarity with respect to the gyromagnetic material such that its integral over the time period 2T is substantially zero; and
detector means for receiving the FID signal and producing therefrom a signal S1 (t) which is phase-referenced to the cosine phase of the transverse excitation signal and a signal S2 (t) which is phase-referenced to the sine phase of the transverse excitation signal.
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An NMR zeugmatographic scanner is modified to produce flow images. A motion sensitizing gradient field is applied to the gyromagnetic nuclei after transverse excitation and prior to emission measurement. The motion sensitized free induction signal which results is processed using an inverse Fourier transformation to produce a number of useful images.
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1. In a gyromagnetic resonance instrument which performs a measurement cycle by applying a transverse excitation signal to a gyromagnetic material and to thereby impart a transverse magnetic moment thereto, and which produces a FID signal responsive to emissions by the transversely magnetized gyromagnetic material, the improvement comprising:
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means for motion sensitizing a FID signal in which a motion sensitizing magnetic field gradient F is applied to the gyromagnetic material for a period of time 2T after its transverse excitation and prior to the production of the FID signal, and wherein the motion sensitizing magnetic field gradient F has alternating polarity with respect to the gyromagnetic material such that its integral over the time period 2T is substantially zero; and detector means for receiving the FID signal and producing therefrom a signal S1 (t) which is phase-referenced to the cosine phase of the transverse excitation signal and a signal S2 (t) which is phase-referenced to the sine phase of the transverse excitation signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for producing a FID signal which contains motion information, the steps comprising:
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applying a polarizing magnetic field to the gyromagnetic material; exciting the gyromagnetic material with a magnetic field B1 to produce a transverse magnetic moment M1 therein; applying a motion sensitizing magnetic field gradient F to the gyromagnetic material for a period 2T after its transverse excitation, wherein the polarity of the field gradient F alternates with respect to the gyromagnetic material such that the integral of the field gradient F over the time period 2T is substantially zero; and sensing the FID signal produced by the transversely excited gyromagnetic material over a period of time after the time period 2T. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An NMR scanner, the combination comprising:
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means for generating a polarizing magnetic field B0 within a gyromagnetic material; means for generating an excitation magnetic field B1 which produces a transverse magnetic moment in the gyromagnetic material; means for sensing a FID signal produced by the gyromagnetic material excited by said excitation magnetic field B1 ; means for generating a position magnetic field gradient G in the gyromagnetic material to position sensitize the sensed FID signal and to thereby link the sensed FID signal to a location within the gyromagnetic material; means for generating a motion magnetic field gradient F in the gyromagnetic material to motion sensitize the sensed FID signal and to thereby link the sensed FID signal to the motion of the gyromagnetic material at said location; and processor means for receiving sensed FID signals and producing an image which is modulated by the motion of the gyromagnetic material. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. In an NMR scanner which produces images related to the density distribution of a gyromagnetic phenomena is a gyromagnetic material, the improvement therein comprising:
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means for motion sensitizing NMR signals produced by the gyromagnetic material, such sensitizing including the application of a magnetic field gradient F of alternating polarity; and means for receiving the motion sensitized NMR signals and producing image data which is related to the density distribution of the gyromagnetic phenomena in the material and which is modulated by the motion of the gyromagnetic material. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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