Magnetic resonance local coil having rotatable connection cable

    公开(公告)号:US12097019B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17947457

    申请日:2022-09-19

    IPC分类号: G01V3/00 A61B5/055 G01R33/32

    CPC分类号: A61B5/055 G01R33/32

    摘要: A magnetic resonance (MR) local coil and a magnetic resonance apparatus are disclosed. The MR local coil includes an antenna unit having at least one antenna for receiving and/or transmitting high frequency (HF) signals; a connection cable for connecting the MR local coil to a magnetic resonance apparatus; and a two-dimensional, (e.g., ribbon-shaped), transmission element for transmitting energy, (e.g., electrical energy), and/or signals, (e.g., electrical and/or optical signals), between the connection cable and the antenna unit. In this case, the transmission element is at least in part arranged about an axis of rotation in a spiral manner.

    Techniques for determining a functional magnetic resonance data set

    公开(公告)号:US12078706B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17946387

    申请日:2022-09-16

    摘要: Techniques for determining a functional magnetic resonance data set of an imaging region of a brain of a patient are disclosed in which blood oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging is used. The techniques include using a plurality of reception coils, and acquiring magnetic resonance signals using parallel imaging and a magnetic resonance sequence defining a k-space trajectory, wherein undersampling in at least two k-space directions is performed. The techniques further include reconstructing the functional magnetic resonance data set from the magnetic resonance signals and sensitivity information regarding the plurality of reception coils using a reconstruction technique for undersampled magnetic resonance data, wherein the k-space trajectory is chosen to allow controlled aliasing in all three spatial dimensions including the readout direction.

    Silent calibration for magnetic resonance imaging

    公开(公告)号:US12078696B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17938465

    申请日:2022-10-06

    摘要: A method for generating an image of an object with a magnetic resonance imaging (MM) system is presented. The method includes first performing a calibration scan of the object. The calibration scan is performed with a zero echo time (ZTE) radial sampling scheme to obtain calibration k-spaces for surface coil elements and a body coil of the MRI system. The calibration scan is performed in such a manner that the endpoints of calibration k-space lines in each calibration k-space follow a spiral path. A plurality of calibration parameters are then obtained from the plurality of calibration k-spaces. A second scan of the object is then performed to acquire the MR image data. The image of the object is then generated based on the plurality of calibration parameters and the MR image data.

    Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging

    公开(公告)号:US11977140B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-07

    申请号:US17807855

    申请日:2022-06-20

    发明人: Hui Liu Qi Liu Yichen Hu

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a system for MRI. The system may obtain a plurality of echo signals relating to a subject that are excited by an MRI pulse sequence applied to the subject. The system may perform a quantitative measurement on the subject based on the plurality of echo signals. The MRI pulse sequence may include a CEST module configured to selectively excite exchangeable protons or exchangeable molecules in the subject, an RF excitation pulse applied after the CEST module configured to excite a plurality of gradient echoes, and one or more refocusing pulses applied after the RF excitation pulse. Each of the refocusing pulses may be configured to excite one or more spin echoes. The one or more spin echoes excited by at least one of the one or more refocusing pulses may include a symmetric spin echo and one or more asymmetric spin echoes.

    Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11927655B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-12

    申请号:US17814950

    申请日:2022-07-26

    IPC分类号: G01V3/00 G01R33/483 G01R33/56

    CPC分类号: G01R33/4835 G01R33/5608

    摘要: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets a pulse sequence to collect plural echo signals by application of a refocusing pulse more than once after application of an excitation pulse once, and collects data on plural slices that are parallel to each other by executing the pulse sequence more than once. The processing circuitry sets the pulse sequence such that a slice thickness for the refocusing pulse becomes larger than a slice thickness for the excitation pulse, and collects the data on the plural slices by executing the pulse sequence without consecutively collecting data on adjacent ones of the plural slices.

    Defect centre-based sensor
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11852701B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17427127

    申请日:2020-01-29

    摘要: A defect centre-based sensor is disclosed. The sensor comprises instrumentation which includes a generator for causing excitation in an active element, for example a diamond, and a detector for measuring a transition in the active element. The generator is an optical source and/or the detector is an optical detector. The sensor further comprises an optical waveguide and a sensor head in communication with the source and/or the detector via the optical waveguide. The sensor head houses the active element having at least one defect centre, for example, a nitrogen vacancy, responsive to an applied magnetic field, electric field or temperature and a signal delivery arrangement, for example at least one lens, arranged to optically couple the optical waveguide to the active element.