AU2001243568A1 - Method and apparatus for nmr imaging - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for nmr imaging

Info

Publication number
AU2001243568A1
AU2001243568A1 AU2001243568A AU4356801A AU2001243568A1 AU 2001243568 A1 AU2001243568 A1 AU 2001243568A1 AU 2001243568 A AU2001243568 A AU 2001243568A AU 4356801 A AU4356801 A AU 4356801A AU 2001243568 A1 AU2001243568 A1 AU 2001243568A1
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
nmr imaging
nmr
imaging
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU2001243568A
Inventor
G. Randy Duensing
S. Uli Gotshal
Alan Holland
Scott B. King
David A. Molyneaux
Thomas E. Schubert
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
MRI Devices Corp
Original Assignee
MRI Devices Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by MRI Devices Corp filed Critical MRI Devices Corp
Publication of AU2001243568A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001243568A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
    • G01R33/34046—Volume type coils, e.g. bird-cage coils; Quadrature bird-cage coils; Circularly polarised coils
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
    • G01R33/34046—Volume type coils, e.g. bird-cage coils; Quadrature bird-cage coils; Circularly polarised coils
    • G01R33/34053—Solenoid coils; Toroidal coils
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
    • G01R33/341—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR comprising surface coils
    • G01R33/3415—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR comprising surface coils comprising arrays of sub-coils, i.e. phased-array coils with flexible receiver channels
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/36—Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver
    • G01R33/3642—Mutual coupling or decoupling of multiple coils, e.g. decoupling of a receive coil from a transmission coil, or intentional coupling of RF coils, e.g. for RF magnetic field amplification
    • G01R33/365—Decoupling of multiple RF coils wherein the multiple RF coils have the same function in MR, e.g. decoupling of a receive coil from another receive coil in a receive coil array, decoupling of a transmission coil from another transmission coil in a transmission coil array
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/36—Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver
    • G01R33/3664—Switching for purposes other than coil coupling or decoupling, e.g. switching between a phased array mode and a quadrature mode, switching between surface coil modes of different geometrical shapes, switching from a whole body reception coil to a local reception coil or switching for automatic coil selection in moving table MR or for changing the field-of-view
AU2001243568A 2000-03-10 2001-03-12 Method and apparatus for nmr imaging Abandoned AU2001243568A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/522,808 US6836118B2 (en) 2000-03-10 2000-03-10 Method and apparatus for NMR imaging
US09522808 2000-03-10
PCT/US2001/007733 WO2001069276A2 (en) 2000-03-10 2001-03-12 Coil configuration for nmr imaging and method of detecting magnetic fields in nmr imaging

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2001243568A1 true AU2001243568A1 (en) 2001-09-24

Family

ID=24082444

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
AU2001243568A Abandoned AU2001243568A1 (en) 2000-03-10 2001-03-12 Method and apparatus for nmr imaging

Country Status (4)

Country Link
US (2) US6836118B2 (en)
EP (1) EP1269208A2 (en)
AU (1) AU2001243568A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2001069276A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (23)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6836118B2 (en) * 2000-03-10 2004-12-28 Mri Devices Corp. Method and apparatus for NMR imaging
AUPS224702A0 (en) * 2002-05-10 2002-06-13 Thorlock International Limited Transmit - receive coil system for nuclear quadrupole resonance signal detection in substances
US7049819B2 (en) * 2003-01-21 2006-05-23 General Electric Company Diagonal-arranged quadrature MRI radio frequency array coil system for three dimensional parallel imaging
US20040220469A1 (en) * 2003-05-02 2004-11-04 Jovan Jevtic Knee-foot coil with improved homogeneity
US7474098B2 (en) * 2003-07-25 2009-01-06 National Research Council Of Canada Stacked coil array for magnetic resonance experiments
US20050127913A1 (en) * 2003-12-12 2005-06-16 Seth Berger Lc coil
US7230429B1 (en) * 2004-01-23 2007-06-12 Invivo Corporation Method for applying an in-painting technique to correct images in parallel imaging
US8599898B2 (en) * 2004-12-22 2013-12-03 Universal Laser Systems, Inc. Slab laser with composite resonator and method of producing high-energy laser radiation
WO2006086778A2 (en) * 2005-02-11 2006-08-17 Baylor College Of Medicine Rf coil for a highly uniform b1 amplitude for high field mri
JP2008532609A (en) * 2005-03-10 2008-08-21 コーニンクレッカ フィリップス エレクトロニクス エヌ ヴィ Ultra-short MRI body coil
WO2006114923A1 (en) * 2005-04-25 2006-11-02 Hitachi, Ltd. Inspection equipment employing magnetic resonance
US7239142B2 (en) * 2005-06-03 2007-07-03 New York University Coil arrangement for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
JP4787033B2 (en) * 2006-02-15 2011-10-05 株式会社日立製作所 Nuclear magnetic resonance signal solenoid coil and nuclear magnetic resonance signal acquisition apparatus
US8154291B2 (en) * 2007-08-23 2012-04-10 Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. Inherently decoupled solenoid pair elements
WO2010111736A1 (en) * 2009-03-31 2010-10-07 The University Of Queensland Coil arrangement
US10634741B2 (en) * 2009-12-04 2020-04-28 Endomagnetics Ltd. Magnetic probe apparatus
GB201007198D0 (en) * 2010-04-29 2010-06-16 Cancer Res Inst Royal MRI detector
US20120098536A1 (en) * 2010-10-20 2012-04-26 5Sphere, Llc Radio frequency magnetic resonance imaging coil for increased quanta gathering
JP5134068B2 (en) * 2010-11-30 2013-01-30 ジーイー・メディカル・システムズ・グローバル・テクノロジー・カンパニー・エルエルシー Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and program
US9035671B2 (en) * 2011-07-06 2015-05-19 Everspin Technologies, Inc. Probe card and method for testing magnetic sensors
US20130072117A1 (en) * 2011-09-15 2013-03-21 Sébastien Roland Bourdage Decoupled multi-loop wideband antennas for magnetic communication
ITAQ20120008A1 (en) * 2012-12-12 2014-06-13 Antonello Sotgiu SOLENOID BOBBIN COMPOSITE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE NOISE SIGNAL RELATIONSHIP IN SIGNAL DETECTION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE.
CN105572612B (en) * 2014-12-31 2019-05-03 中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院 A method of improving Multi-channel radio-frequency coil performance

Family Cites Families (30)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4093910A (en) 1977-02-22 1978-06-06 Varian Associates, Inc. Nuclear magnetic resonance pick-up circuit for control of resonance conditions
US4475084A (en) 1981-01-15 1984-10-02 Picker International Limited Nuclear magnetic resonance detector
GB8321308D0 (en) 1983-08-08 1983-09-07 M & D Technology Ltd Radio frequency coil
US4866387A (en) 1985-05-08 1989-09-12 Mcw Research Foundation, Inc. NMR detector network
US4721913A (en) 1985-05-08 1988-01-26 Mcw Research Foundation, Inc. NMR local coil network
US4725779A (en) 1985-05-08 1988-02-16 Mcw Research Foundation, Inc. NMR local coil with improved decoupling
US4879516A (en) * 1985-08-14 1989-11-07 Picker International, Inc. Precision electrical adjustment of quadrature coil isolation
US4918388A (en) * 1985-08-14 1990-04-17 Picker International, Inc. Quadrature surface coils for magnetic resonance imaging
US4766383A (en) 1987-02-24 1988-08-23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Quadrature antenna for magnetic resonance imaging using elliptical coils
US4786383A (en) * 1987-03-26 1988-11-22 A. O. Smith Corporation Cathodic protection system for a water heater tank
US4825162A (en) 1987-12-07 1989-04-25 General Electric Company Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging with multiple surface coils
US5041791A (en) 1989-08-07 1991-08-20 Washington University Magnetic resonance RF probe with electromagnetically isolated transmitter and receiver coils
EP0430103B1 (en) 1989-11-24 1995-06-14 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Receiver coil for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
JPH04106563A (en) * 1990-08-27 1992-04-08 Minolta Camera Co Ltd Copying machine
DE4035844A1 (en) * 1990-11-10 1992-05-14 Philips Patentverwaltung SQUARE COIL ARRANGEMENT
US5258717A (en) 1991-08-09 1993-11-02 Medrad, Inc. Geometrically isolated multiple port volume MRI receiving coil comprising multiple quadrature coils
US5302901A (en) 1991-08-26 1994-04-12 U.S. Philips Corporation Magnetic resonance apparatus comprising decoupled receiver coils
WO1994011748A1 (en) * 1992-11-18 1994-05-26 Oxford Instruments Plc Oscillating magnetic field generating assembly
US5311135A (en) * 1992-12-11 1994-05-10 General Electric Company Multiple tap gradient field coil for magnetic resonance imaging
US5594337A (en) * 1993-05-07 1997-01-14 Medical Advances, Inc. Local coil for magnetic resonance angiography
US5394087A (en) * 1993-08-11 1995-02-28 Picker International, Inc. Multiple quadrature surface coil system for simultaneous imaging in magnetic resonance systems
US5351688A (en) 1993-08-16 1994-10-04 Univ. Of Ne Board Of Regents NMR quadrature detection solenoidal coils
JPH0779942A (en) 1993-09-13 1995-03-28 Toshiba Corp Magnetic resonance imager
US5680047A (en) 1995-08-11 1997-10-21 Picker International, Inc. Multipl-tuned radio frequency coil for simultaneous magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
US5712566A (en) * 1996-02-23 1998-01-27 Western Atlas International, Inc. Nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus and method
JP3562902B2 (en) 1996-04-26 2004-09-08 株式会社日立メディコ RF probe for magnetic resonance imaging equipment
JP3697347B2 (en) * 1998-02-25 2005-09-21 株式会社東芝 Shielded coil unit and active shield type gradient magnetic field coil unit for MRI
US6493572B1 (en) * 1999-09-30 2002-12-10 Toshiba America Mri, Inc. Inherently de-coupled sandwiched solenoidal array coil
US6836118B2 (en) * 2000-03-10 2004-12-28 Mri Devices Corp. Method and apparatus for NMR imaging
US6768303B1 (en) * 2001-03-16 2004-07-27 General Electric Company Double-counter-rotational coil

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US20040212366A1 (en) 2004-10-28
WO2001069276A2 (en) 2001-09-20
US6836118B2 (en) 2004-12-28
EP1269208A2 (en) 2003-01-02
US20040000908A1 (en) 2004-01-01
US6894496B2 (en) 2005-05-17
WO2001069276A3 (en) 2002-03-07

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
AU2001243568A1 (en) Method and apparatus for nmr imaging
AU2001249646A1 (en) Method and apparatus for omnidirectional imaging
AU2001236717A1 (en) Method and apparatus for ultrasonic imaging
AU2001243468A1 (en) Methods and apparatus for optical imaging
AU1810200A (en) Method and apparatus for providing high contrast imaging
AU2001249647A1 (en) Apparatus and method for calibrating an endoscope
AU2001239081A1 (en) Method and apparatus for eliminating stereoscopic cross images
WO2002022264A8 (en) Method and apparatus for gradient generation
AU2001277964A1 (en) Method and apparatus for image mosaicing
AU2002239437A1 (en) Methods and apparatus for analyzing an image
AU3781799A (en) Method and apparatus for subsurface imaging
AU2001282704A1 (en) Method and apparatus for well testing
AU2002324308A1 (en) Apparatus and methods for in vivo imaging
AU4082801A (en) Imaging apparatus
AU2001265072A1 (en) Method and apparatus for anatomical deadspace measurement
AU2001264382A1 (en) Photographing apparatus for 3-dimensional image and method therefor
AU2001242031A1 (en) Methods and apparatus for image analysis
AU2002322248A1 (en) Method and apparatus for enhanced multiple coil mr imaging
AU2001229016A1 (en) Method and arrangement relating to an x-ray imaging apparatus
AU2000268695A1 (en) Imaging apparatus
AU2001277177A1 (en) Methods and apparatus for producing topocompositional images
AU1563800A (en) Method and apparatus for tissue imaging
AU2002348919A1 (en) Method and apparatus for signal receipt and acquisition
AU2002365557A1 (en) Method and apparatus for radiographic imaging
AU2001285058A1 (en) Methods and apparatus for imaging electronic paper