Magnetic resonance imaging device
US6704594B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 6, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3808
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An imaging probe and method and an MRI system utilizing the same are presented. The probe comprises first and second magnetic field sources, and a receiver of NMR signals. The first magnetic field source creates a primary, substantially non-homogeneous, static magnetic field in a region of interest in a medium outside the probe. The second magnetic field source creates an external time-varying magnetic field, which when being applied to the region of the static magnetic field, is capable of exciting nuclei in an extended sub-region of this region and generating the NMR signals.
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