G01R 33/5601
Involving use of a contrast agent for contrast manipulation
Official title: {involving use of a contrast agent for contrast manipulation, e.g. a paramagnetic, super-paramagnetic, ferromagnetic or hyperpolarised contrast agent}
G01R33/5601 (Involving use of a contrast agent for contrast manipulation) appears on 990 US grants and 1,138 published applications in this corpus.
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- 479
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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