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Hybrid ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging device

US9827448B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Stephen R. Barnes · Seattle, US
Patrick Gross · Langensendelbach, DE
Jerry Hopple · Woodinville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 2015
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/374
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to position and simultaneously operate both a magnetic resonance (MR) coil and an ultrasound transducer adjacent to a target volume while minimizing interference between the MR coil and the ultrasound transducer, hybrid ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices are provided. One of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices includes a transducer array, a communications interface connected with the transducer array, and a housing that electromagnetically shields and encloses the transducer array and the communications interface. An electrically conducting side of the housing receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an MRI system and transmits the RF signal to an electrically conducting side of a housing of another of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices.

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