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Elevation beamwidth control for control for contrast imaging

  • US 7,367,947 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2002
  • Issued: 05/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of imaging a contrast agent within a body of a patient, comprising:

  • transmitting one or more high intensity signals to a destruction plane in a portion of the body to destroy the contrast agent;

    waiting a predetermined time period;

    receiving one or more transmitted low intensity signals which are echoed from an image plane, which is narrower than the destruction plane in the portion of the body to image the contrast agent; and

    imaging said contrast agent;

    wherein the imaged contrast agent comprises substantially only reperfused contrast agent.

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