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Radiological imaging method

Patent 5271401 Issued on December 21, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 15, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 820734 filed on 01/15/1992

US Classes:

424/9.4, X-ray contrast imaging agent (e.g., computed tomography, angiography, etc.)600/431Detectable material placed in body

Examiners

Primary: Cohen, Lee S.
Assistant: Casler, Brian L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 47692 JP. 09/13/1988

International Class

A61B 006/00

Abstract

A radiological imaging method employing a contrast enhancement agent comprising stable xenon, oxygen and helium, for use with computerized two and three dimensional X-Ray systems and software used with said systems, in the imaging and quantitative measurement of pulmonary ventilation, patency of, distribution of and gas flow in the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli, evaluation and optimization of respiratory therapy gas mixtures and pressures separately and in combination, liver blood flow, renal blood flow, cerebral blood flow and brain tissue function.

Other References

  • Evaluation of xenon as a gaseous roentgenographic contrast material, Rockoff, et al., Review of Respiratory Disease, 86, 434-438, 1962
  • Use of Xenon Inhalation for Contrast Enhancement, Zilkha, et al., Journal of Neurology, 41, 370-373, 1978
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  • Stable Xenon CT/CBF Imaging, Yonas, et al., 1987
  • Xenon Enhanced Computed Tomography, Herbert, et al., JCAR, 6, 1088-1093, 198
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