Patents by Inventor Clifford R. Cannon

Clifford R. Cannon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for enhanced T1 NMR measurements using repetition intervals TR related to one another by integer multiples
    Patent number: 4604579
    Abstract: An analytic closed solution for the spin-lattice relaxation time T1 is provided in terms of the repetition interval time TR and the differing NMR signal response intensities I.sub.1 and I.sub.2 obtained when using different repetition intervals TR.sub.1 and TR.sub.2 which are related to one another by integer multipliers. The result is a method and apparatus which directly and non-iteratively generate a spin-lattice relaxation time signal value T1 for each voxel within a selected region of an object under test so as to quickly, economically and accurately produce a T1 image of nutated nuclei within the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Clifford R. Cannon, Douglas A. Ortendahl