Abstract:
A portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device and a method of determining an oil concertation in water are disclosed. The portable NMR device can include a magnetic field assembly to carry out NMR measurements of water. The portable NMR device can include a housing to at least partly surround the magnetic field assembly and to substantially eliminate a magnetic fringe field generated by the magnetic field assembly outside the housing. The portable NMR device can also include an analysis module to receive the NMR measurement of the water and to determine, based on the received NMR measurements of the water, the oil concentration in the water.
Abstract:
The present invention provides, in a magnetic resonance imaging device (MRD) comprising (a) a main longitudinal axis with a distal and proximal ends; (b) an open bore extended along the axis and terminated by an aperture located in the proximal end; and (c) a closure assembly which is shaped to fit the aperture; an RF shielding conduit (RFSC), having apertures shaped to permit passage of medical equipment tubing from the external environment of the MRD to inner space of the bore, affixed to the closure assembly, wherein the conduit is characterized by a length (l) and width (w), l:w ratio is greater than a predefined value n, thereby providing RF shielding.
Abstract:
Devices and method for magnetic resonance guided rotation of an object positioned within a bore of a magnetic resonance device are provided. The devices and method involve obtaining magnetic resonance measurements and rotating the object based on at least one magnetic resonance measurement. Systems comprise at least one irradiation unit configured to deliver radiation to a specified target in a treated object, and a magnetic resonance device (MRD) configured to derive magnetic resonance images of the treated object, the MRD comprising a positioning unit configured to position the treated object at at least two positions, wherein the MRD is configured to detect at least two locations of the specified target at the corresponding at least two positions of the treated object, wherein the system is further configured to adjust the at least one irradiation unit to deliver radiation to the detected at least two locations.
Abstract:
Systems and method for positioning a neonate within an imaging device are provided. A capsule incubator, a cart, and a docking incubator are used to move a baby between an imaging device and a incubator, such that a baby can be imagined without having to move the baby from its environment.
Abstract:
Method of determining a velocity profile of a fluid flowing through a conduit, the method including applying a saturation pulse on spins of magnetic field-sensitive nuclei in the fluid, measuring a signal of the fluid to determine position of the magnetic field-sensitive nuclei, the measurement carried out at a recovery time ‘TR’ and at a distance ‘d’ within the conduit, determining within the conduit a radial distance ‘r’ characterized by a local minimum in the measured signal, wherein the radial distance ‘r’ is measured from the center of the conduit, and determining a velocity profile of the fluid at the radial distance, based on the magnetic field-sensitive nuclei.
Abstract:
A magnetic shielding mechanism for preventing penetration of metallic objects through an aperture, towards the open bore of an magnetic resonance imaging device, where the magnetic field is maximized. The magnetic resonance imaging device produces a fringing magnetic field that decreases with increasing distance (L) from the aperture. The mechanism includes at least one magnet with a magnetic field. The mechanism is affixed at a distance from the aperture of magnetic resonance imaging device.
Abstract:
A method of reducing the effect of object movements along MRI imaging. The method includes: acquiring a sequence of MRI consecutive images of an object; storing on a computer readable medium, for each of the images, at least one parameter p indicating spatial image orientation at which the image was taken; analyzing the sequence of the images for detection of the object movement; and tagging images of at least one movement of the object.
Abstract:
A magnetic shielding mechanism for preventing penetration of metallic objects through an aperture, towards the open bore of an magnetic resonance imaging device, where the magnetic field is maximized. The magnetic resonance imaging device produces a fringing magnetic field that decreases with increasing distance (L) from the aperture. The mechanism includes at least one magnet with a magnetic field. The mechanism is affixed at a distance from the aperture of magnetic resonance imaging device.
Abstract:
An animal handling system (AMS), for positioning an immobilized animal in a predefined configuration therein, comprising an automated tuning unit, including: a proximal portion, held outside a medical device including: at least one inner shaft and at least one outer shaft, the at least one inner is telescopically maneuverable within the at least one outer shaft providing a variable telescopic mechanism; and a distal portion including: a configurable encapsuable life support system (ELSS), the ELSS is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the at least outer shaft and the at least inner shaft and translationally moveable parallel to the longitudinal axis by means of the maneuverable telescopic mechanism.
Abstract:
A method of radiofrequency (RF) protecting a body organ to be scanned by an open bore magnetic resonance imaging device (MRD) having a volume of interest for imaging a body portion and an inlet aperture for inserting the body portion within the bore. The method includes adjusting a size of a sleeve such as the sleeve is set tightly at least a portion of the organ to be scanned. The sleeve is an electrically earthed and size adjustable.