Method of improving fat saturation during MRI
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1. A method of improving fat saturation during magnetic resonance imaging, comprising:
- placing nonaqueous solid or liquid fat saturation enhancing material in a container that is placed against a portion of tissue to be imaged with a magnetic resonance imaging system;
imaging said tissue with a magnetic resonance imaging system.
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Abstract
A method for improving fat saturation during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by placing a fat saturation enhancing material such as a fluorocarbon, preferably perfluorooctylbromide, perfluorodecylbromide, FC-77, or FC-43, on or around a part of the body of a patient to be scanned with MRI, thereby eliminating the skin-air interface and reducing anatomical imaging problems, wherein the placement of the fat saturation enhancing material may be accomplished by enclosing the fat saturation enhancing material in a container which may also contain the MRI coil.
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1. A method of improving fat saturation during magnetic resonance imaging, comprising:
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placing nonaqueous solid or liquid fat saturation enhancing material in a container that is placed against a portion of tissue to be imaged with a magnetic resonance imaging system; imaging said tissue with a magnetic resonance imaging system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device for enhancing the fat saturation ability of a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising:
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a container adapted to be placed in contact with a body part to be imaged with MRI, to minimize the body-air interface; and a fat saturation enhancing material in said container. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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