Control of MRI system
US6157194A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/54
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A personal computer or "PC" based software control system for a magnetic resonance imaging or "MRI" scanner. The software control system manages various types of MRI scanners without modification of the software control system. The control system manages the scanning process through a device driver interface which abstracts the particulars of the specific hardware used to interface to the magnetic, radio frequency, image display, image acquisition, patient handling and scan control subsystems.
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