Description of Invention:
This application describes an Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy imaging system. This system generates broadband pulses having a RF carrier frequency that is not highly absorbed by biological materials. The pulse generating system includes up and down chirp converters for frequency modulating of a carrier frequency and compression of the frequency modulated pulse to form a broadband excitation pulse of high energy. This technology's function has been proven and could form the basis of a clinical imaging device capable of high sensitivity to free radical species in human patients.
Inventors:
J Bourg M Cherukuri J Mitchell M Mirotznik B Roth S Subramanian (NCI)
Patent Status:
DHHS Reference No. E-136-1993/0 --
U.S. Patent 5,387,867 issued 07 Feb 1995
U.S. Patent 5,502,386 issued 26 Mar 1996
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