Puncture needle support tool, RF coil, magnetic resonance signal measuring apparatus, and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method
US6529764B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 23, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/3954
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In order to facilitate appropriate biopsy puncture in magnetic resonance imaging, a puncture needle support tool has a base member 610 attached to an RF coil 200, a slider 630 attached to the base member movably in parallel to the axis of the RF coil, and a puncture needle guide 636 having a puncture needle through hole 638 and an MR marker 640 disposed in parallel to the through hole, capable of linearly moving in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction on the slider and of rotatively moving in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the RF coil.
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