Spin echo SPI methods for quantitative analysis of fluids in porous media

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PATENT NO 9018950
APP PUB NO 20110204892A1
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13003529

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A method of measuring a parameter in a sample by imaging at least a portion of the sample using a spin-echo single-point imaging (SE-SPI) pulse sequence. This method involves applying a pure phase encoding to the SE-SPI pulse sequence, acquiring a multiplicity of echoes, and determining the spatially resolved T2 distribution. In another embodiment, individual echoes are separately phase encoded in a multi-echo acquisition and the SE-SPI pulse sequence is a hybrid SE-SPI sequence. In another embodiment, an external force can be used to build up a distribution of saturations in the sample, and a T2 distribution can be measured for the sample, which is then used to determine a parameter of the sample. A spatially resolved T2 distribution can also be measured and a resulting spatially resolved T2 distribution used to determine the T2 distribution as a function of capillary pressure.

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Balcom, Bruce Frederiction, CA 11 155
Green, Derrick Fredericton, CA 5 77
Li, Linqing Oxford, GB 3 37
Petrov, Oleg Fredericton, CA 5 40

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