Apparatus for non-galvanic connection of MRI receive coil to MRI system using RF-over-fiber

    公开(公告)号:US11360169B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US16967775

    申请日:2019-01-28

    IPC分类号: G01R33/36

    摘要: A magnetic resonance (MR) receive device comprises a coil or coil array including at least one radiofrequency (RF) coil element wherein each RF coil element comprises a coil and a preamplifier connected to amplify an output of the RF coil element to generate an amplified RF signal. The MR receive device further includes an RF-over-Fiber module comprising an optical fiber, a photonic device optically coupled to send an optical signal into the optical fiber, and an RF modulator connected to modulate the optical signal by an MR signal comprising the amplified RF signal.

    Chaos coding based communications for MRI coils

    公开(公告)号:US11438135B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-06

    申请号:US16474257

    申请日:2018-01-15

    摘要: A method for communicating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) information wirelessly includes detecting an MRI system emission sequence, and identifying at least one parameter of the sequence. The at least one parameter identified is cross-correlated. A first initial condition for a first chaotic coded sequence and a second initial condition for a second chaotic coded sequence are determined based on the at least one parameter. The method further includes obtaining, from a modulation symbol mapped to MRI information generated at a local coil responsive to the sequence, a real component of the symbol and an imaginary component of the symbol. The real component of the symbol is encrypted based on the first initial condition, and the imaginary component of the symbol is encrypted based on the second initial condition. The encrypted real component and imaginary component of the symbol are wirelessly transmitted.

    High data rate and real time operating system wireless coupling for medical imaging systems and method of operation thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10928470B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US15775047

    申请日:2016-11-18

    IPC分类号: G01R33/36 G01R33/54

    摘要: An image acquisition system (100, 500, 600, 700). The image acquisition system may include at least one processor (110, 502-2, 610, 710) configured to control: a transmitter (112, 612) to form packets for transmission over a high-data-rate (HDR) wireless communication link (HDR-WCL) (124, 624), an image acquisition device (120, 631) to acquire image data and form HDR data, and a scheduler (114, 614) to acquire control information for controlling at least one function of the image acquisition system during the image acquisition, determine a restricted packet size for the packets of the HDR-WCL in accordance with at least deterministic timing requirements of the system, and determine a schedule for transmitting the control information in a corresponding packet of the packets in accordance with the deterministic timing requirements of the image acquisition system and the restricted packet size.

    Magnetic resonance (MR) system with increased wireless channel throughput and method of operation thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10852374B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-01

    申请号:US15779868

    申请日:2016-11-28

    摘要: A magnetic resonance (MR) system, including at least one wireless radio-frequency (RF) coil comprising antennas for receiving induced MR signals and an antenna array comprising transmission and reception antennas; a base transmitter system (BTS) having an antenna array comprising a plurality of transmission and reception antennas configured to communicate with the RF coil using a selected spatial diversity (SD) method; and at least one controller to control the BTS and the RF coil to determine a number of transmission and/or reception antennas available, couple the transmission and reception antennas to form corresponding antenna pairings, and determine signal characteristic information (SCI) of the antenna pairings, select an SD transmission method based upon the determined number of antennas and the determined SCI for communication between the BTS and the RF coil, and establish a communication channel between the BTS and the RF coil in accordance with the selected SD transmission method.

    Wireless-type RF coil and transmitter for legacy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and method of operation thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10598744B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15561536

    申请日:2016-03-14

    IPC分类号: G01R33/36

    摘要: A transmission apparatus for legacy magnetic resonance (MR) systems including one or more of a radio transmission portion having coupling to an analog RF cable port of the MR system including at least one first controller, an analog-to-digital converter (A/D), and a transmitter. The first controller controls the A/D to digitize analog magnetic resonance (MR) information received from the RF coil and controls the transmitter to transmit the digitized MR information. A radio reception portion including an analog output port and a coupler for coupling the output port to a legacy cable port input of the legacy system including at least one second controller, a receiver, and a digital-to-analog converter (D/A). The second controller controls the receiver to receive the transmitted digitized MR information, and controls the D/A to perform a digital-to-analog conversion to form a corresponding analog MR signal which is output at the output port.