公开(公告)号：US20110031970A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-10

申请号：US12521336

申请日：2007-12-26

申请人： Atsushi Ninomiya ,  Yoshimi Kasai ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Yoshiyuki Miyamoto ,  Shizuka Nagai

发明人： Atsushi Ninomiya ,  Yoshimi Kasai ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Yoshiyuki Miyamoto ,  Shizuka Nagai

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/3415 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34007 ,  G01R33/34084

摘要： The present invention provides a vertical magnetic field MRI apparatus which is capable of speeding up imaging for taking an image of any cross section of a wide area such as a total body, while suppressing increase of the number of channels and maintaining high sensitivity in a deep portion of a subject. A receiver coil unit 500 incorporates a bed coil unit 600 whose longitudinal direction agrees with a body axis direction of the test object 103, and an upper coil unit 700 which is detachably mounted on the bed coil unit 600. The bed coil unit 600 is provided with a carrying surface 601 for placing the test object 103 thereon and multiple lower sub-coils arranged in a lower part of the carrying surface 601, and the upper coil unit 700 is provided with multiple upper sub-coils which are connected to the lower sub-coils. The upper sub-coils are separated into two parts; one arranged in a flexible inner support 20-1 covering the installation surface 601 and another arranged in a flexible outer support 20-2 covering the external side of the inner support 20-1. The upper sub-coils and the lower sub-coils are connected by mounting the upper coil unit 700 on the bed coil unit 600, thereby forming the multiple types of sub-coils.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种垂直磁场MRI装置，其能够加速摄像以拍摄诸如全身的广泛区域的任何横截面的图像，同时抑制通道数量的增加并保持深度的高灵敏度 科目的一部分。 接收线圈单元500包括其纵向方向与测试对象103的主体轴线方向一致的床线圈单元600以及可拆卸地安装在床线圈单元600上的上线圈单元700.提供床线圈单元600 具有用于放置测试对象103的承载表面601和布置在承载表面601的下部的多个下部子线圈，并且上部线圈单元700设置有多个上部子线圈，其连接到下部子 线圈 上部子线圈分为两部分; 一个布置在覆盖安装表面601的柔性内部支撑件20-1中，另一个布置在覆盖内部支撑件20-1的外侧的柔性外部支撑件20-2中。 通过将上线圈单元700安装在床线圈单元600上而连接上子线圈和下子线圈，从而形成多种子线圈。

公开(公告)号：US07852076B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-14

申请号：US12423431

申请日：2009-04-14

申请人： Satoshi Hirata ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

发明人： Satoshi Hirata ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/411 ,  A61B5/0037 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/415 ,  A61B5/416 ,  A61B5/418 ,  A61B5/7257 ,  G01R33/389 ,  G01R33/485

摘要： The present invention provides a magnetic resonance imaging system capable of performing spectrum measurement even when a magnetic resonant frequency changes during MRS measurement. A time-varying rate of a water magnetic resonant frequency is measured in advance before the MRS measurement. The amount of change in water magnetic resonant frequency during the MRS measurement is predicted from the measured time-varying rate. With the predicted value as the reference, a transmission frequency of an RF magnetic field irradiated in a signal suppression pulse sequence, a transmission frequency of an RF magnetic field for excitation and inversion and a received frequency at the detection of a magnetic resonance signal in a sequence of the MRS measurement are respectively set. A high-precision spectrum measurement is hence enabled.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种磁共振成像系统，即使MRS测量期间磁共振频率发生变化，也能进行光谱测量。 在MRS测量之前，预先测量水磁共振频率的时变速率。 MRS测量期间水磁共振频率的变化量根据测量的时变速率预测。 以预测值为参考，在信号抑制脉冲序列中照射的RF磁场的传输频率，用于激励和反转的RF磁场的传输频率和在检测磁共振信号中的接收频率 分别设置MRS测量的顺序。 因此，能够进行高精度的频谱测量。

公开(公告)号：US20080231272A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-25

申请号：US10586732

申请日：2004-12-24

申请人： Yo Taniguchi ,  Shinji Kurokawa ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Yo Taniguchi ,  Shinji Kurokawa ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01R33/54

CPC分类号： G01R33/561 ,  G01R33/4818 ,  G01R33/4824 ,  G01R33/565 ,  G01R33/56509

摘要： Provided is a magnetic resonance imager capable of efficiently suppressing artifacts in radial scanning that is short of the number of echoes.Part of unmeasured echoes is measured as a reference echo. An estimation coefficient is calculated using echoes adjoining the reference echo, and used to estimate the unmeasured echoes.

摘要翻译： 提供一种能够有效地抑制径向扫描中的伪像不足回波数的磁共振成像器。 测量部分未测量的回波作为参考回波。 使用与参考回波相邻的回波计算估计系数，并用于估计未测量的回波。

公开(公告)号：US07173424B2

公开(公告)日：2007-02-06

申请号：US11196279

申请日：2005-08-04

申请人： Kazuo Saitoh ,  Haruhiro Hasegawa ,  Hiroyuki Yamamoto ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Tsuyoshi Wakuda ,  Michiya Okada

发明人： Kazuo Saitoh ,  Haruhiro Hasegawa ,  Hiroyuki Yamamoto ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Tsuyoshi Wakuda ,  Michiya Okada

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/34053 ,  G01R33/34007 ,  G01R33/34023 ,  G01R33/34069 ,  G01R33/34092

摘要： A configuration of an NMR apparatus is provided. In the NMR apparatus, a magnetic field space of higher uniformity is generated by split superconducting magnets. At the same time, it is provided with a cryo probe excellent in cooling capability and sensitivity between two superconducting solenoid coils constructed in very close proximity to each other. For this purpose, a probe coil provided between the two superconducting solenoid coils is so constructed that the following is implemented: a certain distance is ensured between a substrate with a coil formed thereon and another, and the substrates and spacer substrates for cooling are alternately laminated. The spacer substrates are cooled by a cold head of sapphire. When the probe coil is inserted in the same direction as a sample tube (direction perpendicular to the static magnetic field), the spacer substrates cannot be coupled directly by the cold head of sapphire. Therefore, they are cooled through a fixed substrate for thermal conduction of sapphire coupled with the cold head.

摘要翻译： 提供了NMR装置的结构。 在NMR装置中，通过分体超导磁体产生更高均匀性的磁场空间。 同时，它提供了一种低温探针，该低温探针具有非常接近的两个超导螺线管线圈之间的冷却能力和灵敏度。 为此，设置在两个超导螺线管线圈之间的探针线圈被构造成使得实现以下功能：在其上形成有线圈的基板和另一个之间确保一定距离，并且用于冷却的基板和间隔基板交替层压 。 间隔基板被蓝宝石的冷头冷却。 当探针线圈沿着与样品管相同的方向（垂直于静磁场的方向）插入时，间隔基板不能由蓝宝石的冷头直接耦合。 因此，它们通过固定的基板进行冷却，用于与冷头连接的蓝宝石的热传导。

公开(公告)号：US5808467A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-15

申请号：US653315

申请日：1996-05-24

申请人： Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Kenichi Okajima ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Etsuji Yamamoto

发明人： Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Kenichi Okajima ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Etsuji Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G01R33/3415 ,  G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/3415

摘要： In the inspection system using nuclear magnetic resonance comprising magnetic field generators such as a static magnetic field, a gradient magnetic field, and an RF magnetic field, an RF probe for detecting an NMR signal from a subject, and a calculator for operating a detected signal by the RF probe, a RF probe for detection comprises a plurality of coils arranged in the predetermined direction and includes a plurality of switching elements and the inspection system selects two or more coils from the plurality of coils for each measurement of NMR signals, turns the switching elements connected to the selected coils ON, turns the switching elements connected to coils other than the selected coils OFF, changes a combination of two or more coils for each measurement of NMR signals, and changes the sensitivity distribution of the RF probe in the predetermined direction according to the Wavelet basis function for each measurement of NMR signals.

摘要翻译： 在使用包括诸如静磁场，梯度磁场和RF磁场的磁场发生器的核磁共振的检查系统中，用于检测来自被检体的NMR信号的RF探针和用于操作检测信号的计算器 通过RF探头，用于检测的RF探针包括沿预定方向布置的多个线圈，并且包括多个开关元件，并且检查系统从每个测量NMR信号中选择来自多个线圈的两个或更多个线圈， 连接到所选择的线圈的开关元件接通，将与所选线圈以外的线圈相连的开关元件断开，对每个NMR信号的测量改变两个或更多个线圈的组合，并将RF探针的灵敏度分布改变为预定的 根据每个NMR信号测量的小波基函数的方向。

公开(公告)号：US09097778B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-04

申请号：US13140484

申请日：2010-02-03

申请人： Yoshitaka Bito ,  Satoshi Hirata ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Koji Hirata ,  Toru Shirai ,  Yosuke Otake

发明人： Yoshitaka Bito ,  Satoshi Hirata ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Koji Hirata ,  Toru Shirai ,  Yosuke Otake

IPC分类号： G01R33/485 ,  G01R33/563

CPC分类号： G01R33/485 ,  G01R33/56341

摘要： In the diffusion spectroscopic imaging, in which intensity of molecular diffusion is imaged with separating chemical substances, with suppressing artifacts resulting from object motion of an object, spatial resolution, spectral band and SNR are maintained, and measurement accuracy is enhanced. A measurement for acquiring diffusion SI data is repeated a plurality of times with changing acquisition timing, phase variation of each measurement result is corrected, and a diffusion SI image is reconstructed from the corrected measurement results. In addition, the phase variation is calculated for every point in the space from the diffusion SI data acquired by each measurement or navigation data obtained by each measurement. The phase correction is independently performed for every point in the space.

摘要翻译： 在通过分离化学物质成像分子扩散强度的扩散光谱成像中，通过抑制由物体的物体运动产生的伪影，保持了空间分辨率，光谱带和SNR，并且提高了测量精度。 通过改变获取定时多次重复获取扩散SI数据的测量，校正每个测量结果的相位变化，并从校正的测量结果重建扩散SI图像。 此外，根据通过各测量获得的扩散SI数据或通过每次测量获得的导航数据，计算空间中每个点的相位变化。 对于空间中的每一个点都独立执行相位校正。

公开(公告)号：US08030924B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-04

申请号：US11797878

申请日：2007-05-08

申请人： Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Satoshi Hirata ,  Toru Shirai

发明人： Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Satoshi Hirata ,  Toru Shirai

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/485 ,  G01R33/5608

摘要： A magnetic resonance imaging system capable of conducting spectroscopic imaging with an improved SNR without degrading the spatial resolution includes edge-preserving filter processing means for spectroscopic imaging. The edge-preserving filter processing means executes processing including the steps of calculating spectral similarity in spatial neighborhoods (spatially neighboring voxels) at each voxel in spectroscopic imaging data, calculating a spectral weight according to the spectral similarity, and conducting weighted smoothing for compounding spectra of spatial neighborhoods (spatially neighboring voxels) according to the spectral weight.

摘要翻译： 能够在不降低空间分辨率的情况下以改善的SNR进行光谱成像的磁共振成像系统包括用于分光成像的边缘保留滤波处理装置。 边缘保留滤波处理装置执行处理，其包括以下步骤：计算分光成像数据中的每个体素的空间邻域（空间相邻体素）中的频谱相似度，根据频谱相似度计算频谱权重，以及进行加权平滑化， 根据光谱权重的空间邻域（空间相邻体素）。

公开(公告)号：US07898255B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-01

申请号：US11813011

申请日：2006-02-06

申请人： Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

发明人： Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yo Taniguchi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/3415 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34084 ,  G01R33/365 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/5611

摘要： An MRI apparatus capable of selecting an optional direction as a phase encoding direction and achieving a preferable S/N, when an imaging time shortening technique is applied. A receiver coil, used as a receiver coil of a vertical magnetic field MRI apparatus, is a combination of a first coil (solenoid coil) forming a current loop around the outer circumference of a test object, second coils forming even-numbered current loops, and third coils forming odd-numbered current loops, in the direction intersecting the plane of the current loop of the first coil. The second coil and the third coil are arranged in such a manner that, as for the current loops in the array direction thereof, a position where a sensitivity of one coil is minimized approximately coincides with a position where the sensitivity of the other coil is maximized, whereby electromagnetic coupling is suppressed.

摘要翻译： 当应用成像时间缩短技术时，能够选择可选方向作为相位编码方向并获得优选的S / N的MRI装置。 用作垂直磁场MRI设备的接收器线圈的接收器线圈是形成围绕测试对象的外圆周的电流回路的第一线圈（螺线管线圈），形成偶数电流回路的第二线圈， 以及在与第一线圈的电流回路的平面相交的方向上形成奇数电流回路的第三线圈。 第二线圈和第三线圈以这样的方式布置，即对于其排列方向上的电流环，一个线圈的灵敏度最小化的位置近似与其他线圈的灵敏度最大化的位置一致 从而抑制电磁耦合。

公开(公告)号：US07626388B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-01

申请号：US10586732

申请日：2004-12-24

申请人： Yo Taniguchi ,  Shinji Kurokawa ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Yo Taniguchi ,  Shinji Kurokawa ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/561 ,  G01R33/4818 ,  G01R33/4824 ,  G01R33/565 ,  G01R33/56509

摘要： Provided is a magnetic resonance imager capable of efficiently suppressing artifacts in radial scanning that is short of the number of echoes. Part of unmeasured echoes is measured as a reference echo. An estimation coefficient is calculated using echoes adjoining the reference echo, and used to estimate the unmeasured echoes.

摘要翻译： 提供一种能够有效地抑制径向扫描中的伪像不足回波数的磁共振成像器。 测量部分未测量的回波作为参考回波。 使用与参考回波相邻的回波计算估计系数，并用于估计未测量的回波。

公开(公告)号：US07622926B2

公开(公告)日：2009-11-24

申请号：US11721707

申请日：2005-12-22

申请人： Yo Taniguchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Masahiro Takizawa ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi

发明人： Yo Taniguchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Masahiro Takizawa ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi

IPC分类号： G01V3/00

CPC分类号： G01R33/56509 ,  G01R33/4824 ,  G01R33/561 ,  G01R33/5614 ,  G01R33/5616

摘要： Provided is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus capable of highly precisely detecting and compensating body motions within a short processing time during radial scanning. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a control unit that applies radiofrequency magnetic fields and magnetic field gradients to a subject lying down in a static magnetic field and that detects magnetic resonance signals generated from the subject, and an arithmetic unit that handles the signals. The arithmetic unit performs subject's body motion detection in an image space, uses an image, which is reconstructed using the low-frequency portion of the k-space data of the image, as criterial data, produces templates by moving the criterial data in advance by predetermined magnitudes of rotations and predetermined magnitudes of translations, and uses the produced templates to perform the body motion detection.

摘要翻译： 提供一种磁共振成像装置，其能够在径向扫描期间在短的处理时间内高精度地检测和补偿身体运动。 磁共振成像装置包括：控制单元，其对位于静态磁场中的被摄体进行射频磁场和磁场梯度，并且检测从被检体产生的磁共振信号;以及运算单元，其处理该信号。 算术单元在图像空间中进行被摄体的身体运动检测，使用利用图像的k空间数据的低频部分重构的图像作为标准数据，通过预先移动标准数据来生成模板 预定的旋转角度和预定的平移量，并且使用所产生的模板来执行身体运动检测。