Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods
US8008914B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/445
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods are disclosed. They include a portable low field (SQUID)-based MRI instrument and a portable low field SQUID-based MRI system to be operated under a bed where a subject is adapted to be located. Also disclosed is a method of distributing wires on an image encoding coil system adapted to be used with an NMR or MRI device for analyzing a sample or subject and a second order superconducting gradiometer adapted to be used with a low field SQUID-based MRI device as a sensing component for an MRI signal related to a subject or sample.
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