System and method for electron paramagnetic resonance imaging using transmission lines to generate traveling waves
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsBahareh Behzadnezhad, Nader Behdad, Alan B. McMillan
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Abstract
A system and method for an electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) system includes a magnet configured to apply a static magnetic field to a subject to be imaged and a gradient coil configured to apply a magnetic field gradient to the static magnetic field. The system also includes a parallel plate waveguide (PPWG) configured to use a traveling wave to generate a radio frequency (RF) magnetic field over a volume of interest (VOI) in the subject to elicit EPRI data from the VOI and a processor configured to reconstruct the EPRI data into an image of the VOI.
Claims21
An electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) system comprising:
- a magnet configured to apply a static magnetic field to a subject to be imaged;
- a gradient coil configured to apply a magnetic field gradient to the static magnetic field;
- a transmission line forming a waveguide configured to use a traveling wave to generate a radio frequency (RF) magnetic field over a volume of interest (VOI) in the subject to elicit EPRI data from the VOI;
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- a processor configured to reconstruct the EPRI data into an image of the VOI.
An electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) system comprising:
- a magnet configured to apply a static magnetic field to a subject to be imaged;
- a gradient coil configured to apply a magnetic field gradient to the static magnetic field;
- a parallel plate waveguide (PPWG) configured to use a traveling wave to generate a radio frequency (RF) magnetic field over a volume of interest (VOI) in the subject to elicit EPRI data from the VOI;
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- a processor configured to reconstruct the EPRI data into an image of the VOI.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.