Systems and methods for moving magnetic resonance imaging

US10222444B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The General Hospital Corporation · US
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Inventors

• Daniel Michael Merfeld · Lincoln, US
• Jerome L. Ackerman · Newton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/4806
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system that can be operated while a subject performs, experiences, or otherwise undergoes naturalistic motion. This movable MRI (“mMRI”) system includes a magnet whose position and orientation can be changed while the subject is moving, such that the magnet and subject maintain a substantially fixed spatial relationship relative to each other.