Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of the cranio-cervical junction

    公开(公告)号:US09766310B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-19

    申请号:US14209279

    申请日:2014-03-13

    申请人: Fonar Corporation

    IPC分类号: G01R33/36 G01R33/30

    摘要: The disclosure of the present invention provides for an imaging apparatus and methods for imaging the cranio-cervical junction of a patient using magnetic resonance. The apparatus is adapted to slide over the patient's head, and includes a saddle element and a solenoid element. The saddle element has a length that extends along a superior-inferior axis of the patient, and a circumference along an axial plane of the patient when the apparatus is slid over the patient's head, so as to define a substantially cylindrical volume. The solenoid element attaches to the saddle element at about a midpoint of the saddle element's length, so as to be positioned along an axial plane of the patient when the apparatus is slid over the patient's head. This configuration allows for the cranio-cervical junction of the patient to be positioned in the cylindrical volume when the apparatus is slid over the patient's head.

    Contoured quadrature coil arrangement
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    发明授权
    Contoured quadrature coil arrangement 有权
    轮廓正交线圈布置

    公开(公告)号:US09572515B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14208974

    申请日:2014-03-13

    申请人: Fonar Corporation

    发明人: Charles A. Green

    摘要: An apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging includes a magnet, a patient support, and a contoured quadrature coil. The contoured quadrature coil includes a ring coil and an angled butterfly coil. The angled butterfly coil may have a front outer section, an inner section, and a back outer section. The front outer section and the back outer section may be oriented diagonally from the plane of the ring coil such that a portion of the front outer section and/or the back outer section are disposed above the plane of the ring coil and a portion of the front outer section and/or the back outer section are disposed below the plane of the ring coil. Thus, the planes of the front and back outer sections may be angled with respect to each other, and the inner section may be substantially pyramidal and disposed along or below the plane of the ring coil.

    摘要翻译: 用于磁共振成像的装置包括磁体,患者支架和轮廓正交线圈。 轮廓正交线圈包括环形线圈和成角度的蝶形线圈。 成角度的蝶形线圈可以具有前外部部分,内部部分和后部外部部分。 前外侧部分和后部外部部分可以从环形线圈的平面对角地定向,使得前部外侧部分和/或后部外部部分的一部分设置在环形线圈的平面之上,并且一部分 前外侧部分和/或后部外侧部分设置在环形线圈的平面的下方。 因此,前后外部部分的平面可以相对于彼此成角度,并且内部部分可以基本上是金字塔形的并且沿着环形线圈的平面设置或配置。