Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for and method of single-sided magnetic resonance imaging with palm-size probe

US6489767B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Quantum Magnetics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Pablo J. Prado · San Diego, US
Bernhard Blumich · Simmerath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 2000
Grant date	Dec 3, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3808
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for and a method of single-sided MRI with a palm-sized probe. The probe includes a planar permanent magnet having a gap between the north and south poles of the magnet. Positioned in the gap are an RF coil and a pair of gradient coils. The gradient coils are located on either side of the RF coil. The probe further includes an RF tuning circuit and a gradient input. In use, the pair of gradient coils produce a controlled magnetic field gradient over the field of view thereby improving image resolution.

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