公开(公告)号：US09827448B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US14664824

申请日：2015-03-21

申请人： Stephen R Barnes ,  Patrick Gross ,  Jerry D. Hopple

发明人： Stephen R Barnes ,  Patrick Gross ,  Jerry D. Hopple

IPC分类号： A61B5/055 ,  A61N7/02 ,  G01R33/48 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B90/00

CPC分类号： A61N7/02 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B8/4416 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  A61B2090/374 ,  G01R33/4814

摘要： In order to position and simultaneously operate both a magnetic resonance (MR) coil and an ultrasound transducer adjacent to a target volume while minimizing interference between the MR coil and the ultrasound transducer, hybrid ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices are provided. One of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices includes a transducer array, a communications interface connected with the transducer array, and a housing that electromagnetically shields and encloses the transducer array and the communications interface. An electrically conducting side of the housing receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an MRI system and transmits the RF signal to an electrically conducting side of a housing of another of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices.