Apparatus and method for imaging currents using nanoparticles and low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
US10390727B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/5614
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for imaging in connection with electrical currents includes nanoparticles introduced into a region in which the electrical currents are present. A low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner detects an effect of a magnetic field generated by interaction of the nanoparticles with the electrical currents in the region. The MRI scanner operates at a magnetic field intensity below a level at which the nanoparticles would be magnetically saturated.
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