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AssigneesThe General Hospital Corporation, Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
InventorsXin Yu, Chunqi Qian
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The multi-modal imaging system, in particular for brain imaging, comprising a pump signal generator which emits at least one pump signal in the radio frequency (RF)-range with a first power P1 and a second power P2, a wireless detection unit, which comprises at least one parametric resonator circuit with multiple resonance modes, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit comprises at least two varactors, at least one capacitor and at least one inductance, wherein, in a first detection mode, the pump signal, having a first power P1, induces a first pump current in the at least one parametric resonator circuit, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit is operated below its oscillation threshold and generates a first output signal by amplifying a first input signal, which is provided due to a magnetic-resonance (MR) measurement, wherein an external receiving device receives the first output signal, wherein, in a second detection mode, the pump signal, having a second power P2, induces a second pump current in the at least one parametric resonator circuit, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit is operated above its oscillation threshold and generates a second output signal, wherein the second output signal is modulated with a second input signal, wherein the second input signal is provided by at least one neuronal probe device, connected to the at least one parametric resonator circuit, wherein the external receiving device receives the second output signal.
A 8system for imaging, comprising a pump signal generator configured to emits at least one pump signal, in the radio frequency (RF) range with a first power and a second powers P-2, a wireless detection unit, comprises at least one parametric resonator circuit with multiple resonance modes, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit (5 comprises at least two varactors, at least one capacitor and at least one inductance, an external receiving device configured to receive a first output signal or a second output signal;
A wireless detection unit for use in a magnetic-resonance (MR) measurement comprising at least one parametric resonator circuit with multiple resonance modes, wherein the at least one parametric resonator circuit comprises at least two varactors, at least one capacitor and at least one inductance, wherein, in a first detection mode, a pump signal, having a first power, induces a first pump current in the at least one parametric resonator circuit, the at least one parametric resonator circuit is operated below its oscillation threshold and generates a first output signal by amplifying a first input signal, which is provided due to a magnetic-resonance (MR) measurement, wherein an external receiving device receives the first output signal, wherein, in a second detection mode the pump signal, having a second power, induces a second pump current in the at least one parametric resonator circuit, the at least one parametric resonator circuit is operated above its oscillation threshold and generates a second output signal, the second output signal is modulated with a second input signals, the second input signal is provided by at least one neuronal probe device, connected to the at least one parametric resonator circuit.
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