Optical link for transmitting data through air from a plurality of receiver coils in a magnetic resonance imaging system
US7173426B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3692
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical data link is provided for optically transmitting in free space data from a plurality of receiver coils in a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system. This free space (e.g., through-the-air) optical data link provides a tether-less (i.e., no bundles of physical wires or optic fibers), essentially electro-magnetically immune (no interference as in radio-frequency wireless transmissions) and scalable solution to transmit data usable to create an MR image.
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