US Patent Issued to Promaxo on Jan. 28 for "Phase encoding with frequency sweep pulses for magnetic resonance imaging in inhomogeneous magnetic fields" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,079, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Promaxo Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Phase encoding with frequency sweep pulses for magnetic resonance imaging in inhomogeneous magnetic fields" was invented by Muller Francis De Matos Gomes (Hayward, Calif.) and Aleksandar Nacev (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Single-sided MRI apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. A method can include transmitting a frequency sweep excitation pulse comprising a low-to-high frequency sweep; phase encoding during the frequency sweep excitation pulse; and tuning the amount of phase accumulated during the frequency sweep excitation pulse from ...