公开(公告)号：US09684044B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14349424

申请日：2012-10-17

申请人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/345 ,  G01R33/36

CPC分类号： G01R33/34092 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/365

摘要： In order to provide a technique which can suppress coupling to homogenize the spatial distribution of an RF magnetic field and can improve penetration of the RF magnetic field into the subject, pad-like electric field conductors having a predetermined area are provided outside both ends of a rung conductor as a part of a configuration which forms a loop-like circuit and is driven as an antenna. An antenna device includes a sheet-like conductor, a rung conductor which is arranged at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, two electric field conductors which are arranged in both end portions of the rung conductor at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, and connection terminals which are transmission and reception terminals provided in the rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor. The rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor configure a loop circuit which resonates at a preset frequency.

公开(公告)号：US09541614B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-10

申请号：US14001221

申请日：2012-04-06

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hideta Habara

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hideta Habara

IPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  A61B5/055

CPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34076

摘要： The present invention is directed to an elliptical birdcage coil which reduces time and effort upon manufacturing and production cost, with less variations in performance. There is provided a high frequency coil unit made up of the elliptical birdcage coil having plural capacitors arranged at least on either of the ring conductors and the rung conductors, the capacitance of the plural capacitors being uniform with respect to each conductor type on which the capacitors are placed. In this elliptical birdcage coil, a value of inductance and arrangement of the ring conductors and the rung conductors are determined in such a manner that the capacitance of the capacitors becomes identical with respect to each conductor type on which the capacitors are arranged.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及椭圆形鸟笼线圈，其减少制造时的时间和精力以及生产成本，性能变化较小。 提供了一种高频线圈单元，其由椭圆形的鸟笼线圈构成，具有至少布置在任一个环形导体和梯形导体上的多个电容器，多个电容器的电容相对于其上的电容器 摆放在。 在该椭圆形的鸟笼线圈中，以这样一种方式确定环形导体和梯形导体的电感和布置值，使得电容器的电容相对于其上布置有电容器的每种导体类型相同。

公开(公告)号：US20140103931A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

申请号：US14001221

申请日：2012-04-06

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hideta Habara

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hideta Habara

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34076

摘要： The present invention is directed to an elliptical birdcage coil which reduces time and effort upon manufacturing and production cost, with less variations in performance. There is provided a high frequency coil unit made up of the elliptical birdcage coil having plural capacitors arranged at least on either of the ring conductors and the rung conductors, the capacitance of the plural capacitors being uniform with respect to each conductor type on which the capacitors are placed. In this elliptical birdcage coil, a value of inductance and arrangement of the ring conductors and the rung conductors are determined in such a manner that the capacitance of the capacitors becomes identical with respect to each conductor type on which the capacitors are arranged.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及椭圆形鸟笼线圈，其减少制造时的时间和精力以及生产成本，性能变化较小。 提供了一种高频线圈单元，其由椭圆形的鸟笼线圈构成，具有至少布置在任一个环形导体和梯形导体上的多个电容器，多个电容器的电容相对于其上的电容器 摆放在。 在该椭圆形的鸟笼线圈中，以这样一种方式确定环形导体和梯形导体的电感和布置值，使得电容器的电容相对于其上布置有电容器的每种导体类型相同。

公开(公告)号：US08203342B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-19

申请号：US12519832

申请日：2007-12-13

申请人： Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Takeshi Yatsuo ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

发明人： Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Takeshi Yatsuo ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/385 ,  G01R33/34076 ,  G01R33/4215 ,  G01R33/422 ,  G01R33/5659

摘要： A coil unit comprises a gradient coil which is disposed along a static magnetic field generating source, and a radio frequency coil which is disposed along the gradient coil in a test region at a position closer to the center of the test region compared with the gradient coil, and a conductor part which is disposed between the gradient coil and the radio frequency coil, and covers periphery of the radio frequency coil. The radio frequency coil comprises a first loop coil and a second loop coil locating in planes substantially perpendicular to direction of the static magnetic field, a plurality of linear conductors connecting the first loop coil and the second loop coil and substantially parallel to the direction of the static magnetic field, and a plurality of first capacitors disposed in the first loop coil and the second loop coil.

摘要翻译： 线圈单元包括沿着静磁场发生源设置的梯度线圈，以及与梯度线圈相比更靠近测试区域的中心的位置处的测试区域中的沿梯度线圈布置的射频线圈 以及布置在所述倾斜线圈和所述射频线圈之间并且覆盖所述射频线圈的周围的导体部。 射频线圈包括第一环形线圈和位于基本上垂直于静态磁场方向的平面中的第二环形线圈;多个线性导体，其连接第一环形线圈和第二环形线圈，并且基本上平行于 静磁场和设置在第一环形线圈和第二环形线圈中的多个第一电容器。

公开(公告)号：US07884609B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-08

申请号：US12071899

申请日：2008-02-27

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/34046 ,  G01R33/34007 ,  G01R33/34076 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/3628 ,  G01R33/365 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/3678

摘要： To provide an RF coil of an MRI apparatus and improve the irradiation efficiency and the reception sensitivity of a circular polarized magnetic field with a simple structure.An RF coil has a set of input/output terminals and two loops. The two loops are disposed and capacitors in the loops are adjusted so that the linearly polarized magnetic fields generated and detected by the loops are perpendicular to each other, and the combined magnetic field of the linearly polarized magnetic fields is a circular polarized magnetic field.

摘要翻译： 提供MRI装置的RF线圈，并以简单的结构提高圆偏振磁场的照射效率和接收灵敏度。 RF线圈具有一组输入/输出端子和两个回路。 设置两个环路，并调整环路中的电容器，使得由环路产生和检测的线性极化磁场彼此垂直，并且线性极化磁场的组合磁场是圆极化磁场。

公开(公告)号：US20080221430A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-11

申请号：US12030893

申请日：2008-02-14

申请人： Hisaaki OCHI ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito

发明人： Hisaaki OCHI ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito

IPC分类号： A61B5/055

CPC分类号： G01R33/5601 ,  G01R33/54 ,  G01R33/5616 ,  G01R33/5617

摘要： A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus for high-speed and high-accuracy detection of cell positions labeled with magnetic nanoparticles. A transmitter coil is controlled to generate amplitude-modulated burst RF pulses as excitation RF pulses whose amplitude is modulated by a function that repeatedly inverts the polarity of multiple high-frequency magnetic field sub-pulses separated time-wise and changes the amplitude at each polarity inversion, moreover the time interval of the amplitude-modulated burst RF pulse is set to effectively 1/(2×a first frequency), and the transmitter coil controlled so the carrier frequency of the amplitude-modulated burst RF pulse is set to a second frequency shifted substantially from the first frequency of the magnetic resonance frequency of the proton at the magnetic field strength in the MRI apparatus. The first frequency is here determined based on magnetic nanoparticle information loaded from the magnetic nanoparticle information storage unit and the magnetic resonance frequency of the proton in the static magnetic field. The MRI apparatus can in this way detect the position of cells labeled with magnetic nanoparticles, with high-speed and high accuracy.

摘要翻译： 一种磁共振成像（MRI）装置，用于高速和高精度检测用磁性纳米颗粒标记的细胞位置。 发射器线圈被控制以产生幅度调制的突发RF脉冲作为激励RF脉冲，其幅度通过重复地反转时间间隔分离的多个高频磁场子脉冲的极性并改变每个极性的振幅的函数来调制 此外，调幅脉冲串RF脉冲的时间间隔被有效地设置为1 /（2×a第一频率），并且被控制的发射机线圈被调制的调幅脉冲串RF脉冲的载波频率设置为第二频移 基本上从MRI装置中的磁场强度的质子的磁共振频率的第一频率开始。 这里基于从磁性纳米颗粒信息存储单元加载的磁性纳米颗粒信息和静态磁场中质子的磁共振频率来确定第一频率。 MRI装置可以以这种方式以高速和高精度检测用磁性纳米颗粒标记的细胞的位置。

公开(公告)号：US10267879B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US14240441

申请日：2012-07-27

申请人： Suguru Yokosawa ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Yoshihisa Soutome

发明人： Suguru Yokosawa ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Yoshihisa Soutome

IPC分类号： G01R33/54 ,  G01R33/483 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/00

摘要： A technique in a medical imaging apparatus being capable of setting any plane in three-dimensional space as an imaging slice is provided, allowing an automatically-set imaging slice to be configured to suit user's preferences, and determine a position of the imaging slice being configured, with respect to an imaging target subject automatically with a high degree of accuracy. Reference information for specifying the imaging slice, set by the user for each imaging site, is associated with the anatomical feature of the imaging site, so as to generate an imaging slice parameter. Upon actual imaging, the imaging slice parameter and the anatomical feature of the imaging target subject obtained by scout imaging are used to determine the imaging slice position of the imaging target subject.

公开(公告)号：US20140292334A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-02

申请号：US14241515

申请日：2012-07-27

申请人： Yukio Kaneko ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yosuke Otake

发明人： Yukio Kaneko ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yosuke Otake

IPC分类号： G01R33/565

CPC分类号： G01R33/5659 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/246 ,  G01R33/4835 ,  G01R33/5612

摘要： With minimizing extension of imaging time, the B1 non-uniformity reducing effect of RF shimming is maximized for an imaging section of an arbitrary axis direction and an arbitrary position. B1 distributions are measured for only several sections of one predetermined direction, and a radio frequency magnetic field condition that maximizes the B1 non-uniformity reducing effect for an imaging section of an arbitrary direction and an arbitrary position is calculated from the B1 distribution data. For example, after B1 distributions of only several sections of the AX direction are measured, the optimal radio frequency magnetic field condition for an imaging section of an arbitrary position for the AX direction is obtained by interpolation with optimal radio frequency magnetic field conditions calculated from B1 distributions of two sections near the imaging section, and the optimal radio frequency magnetic field condition for an imaging section of an arbitrary position for the SAG or COR direction is obtained by using only B1 values of a crossing region with the imaging section extracted from the B1 distributions.

摘要翻译： 随着成像时间的延长最小化，对于任意轴方向和任意位置的成像部分，RF匀场的B1均匀性减小效果最大化。 B1分布仅测量一个预定方向的几个部分，并且从B1分布数据计算使任意方向和任意位置的成像部分的B1不均匀性减小效果最大化的射频磁场条件。 例如，在AX方向的仅仅几个部分的B1分布被测量之后，通过利用从B1计算出的最佳射频磁场条件进行插值来获得用于AX方向的任意位置的成像部分的最佳射频磁场条件 通过仅使用从B1提取的成像部分的交叉区域的B1值获得用于SAG或COR方向的任意位置的成像部分的最佳射频磁场条件， 分布。

公开(公告)号：US08742759B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

申请号：US13054474

申请日：2009-07-22

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/365 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/3657

摘要： There is provided a high-frequency coil of an MRI device, which can easily and highly reproducibly reduce electromagnetic coupling between adjacent surface coils among a plurality of surface coils disposed with intervals. An electromagnetic decoupling coil that can generate a magnetic flux for canceling a magnetic flux generated by one of the adjacent surface coils and interlinking with the other surface coil is disposed between the adjacent surface coils. The electromagnetic decoupling coil is provided with a capacitor, and is tuned by means of the capacitor so that the electromagnetic coupling should be minimized in such a range that the resonance frequency thereof should be lower than the resonance frequency of the surface coils.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种MRI装置的高频线圈，其可以容易且高度可重复地减少间隔设置的多个表面线圈中的相邻表面线圈之间的电磁耦合。 可以在相邻的表面线圈之间设置电磁去耦线圈，该电磁去耦线圈可以产生用于消除由相邻的表面线圈之一产生的磁通并与另一个表面线圈相互连接的磁通量。 电磁去耦线圈设置有电容器，并通过电容器进行调谐，使得电磁耦合应在其共振频率应低于表面线圈的谐振频率的范围内最小化。

公开(公告)号：US20130214785A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-22

申请号：US13881739

申请日：2011-10-26

申请人： Toru Shirai ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Satoshi Hirata ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yo Taniguchi

发明人： Toru Shirai ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Satoshi Hirata ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yo Taniguchi

IPC分类号： G01R33/36

CPC分类号： G01R33/3621 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/465 ,  G01R33/4828 ,  G01R33/485 ,  G01R33/5611

摘要： Images of two or more kinds of substances showing different chemical shifts, such as water image and metabolite image, are obtained without extending measurement time. For example, images of two or more kinds of desired substances showing different chemical shifts, such as water image and metabolite image, are obtained by one time of execution of an imaging sequence. In this execution, a pre-pulse is applied so that signals of the substances to be separated shift on the image, and magnetic resonance signals are received with receiver RF coils in a number not smaller than the number of types of the substances to be separated. An image reconstructed from the magnetic resonance signals is separated into images of the individual substances using sensitivity maps of the receiver RF coils. Then, correction is performed for returning the shifted image to the original position. Further, residual signals induced by errors generated in the measurement and the separation processing are eliminated by using spectroscopic images obtained after the separation.

摘要翻译： 在不延长测量时间的情况下，获得显示不同化学位移的两种或更多种物质的图像，例如水图像和代谢物图像。 例如，通过一次执行成像序列，可以获得显示不同化学位移的两种或更多种所需物质的图像，例如水图像和代谢物图像。 在该执行中，施加预脉冲，使得要分离的物质的信号在图像上移动，并且用接收器RF线圈​​接收不少于待分离物质的数量的数量的磁共振信号 。 使用接收机RF线圈的灵敏度图将从磁共振信号重构的图像分离成各个物质的图像。 然后，执行用于将移动的图像返回到原始位置的校正。 此外，通过使用分离后获得的分光图像来消除由测量和分离处理中产生的误差引起的残留信号。