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US 11,686,793 B2Granted
Unilateral magnetic resonance imaging system with aperture for interventions and methodologies for operating same
AssigneeWeinberg Medical Physics LLC
InventorsIrving N. Weinberg, Aleksandar Nelson Nacev, Ryan Hilaman, Amit Vohra
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus and methodologies image a subject using an MRI, wherein the imaging apparatus contains only a single sided device for the purposes of imaging structures in the subject.
Claims14
An apparatus for imaging one or more structures included in a subject, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more arrays of magnetic materials, at least some of the arrays of materials generating magnetic fields in opposition to other materials in the one or more arrays;
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- an access aperture provided through the one or more arrays of magnetic materials to provide access for intervention with the subject of the imaging,
- wherein a magnetic field is provided on one side of the apparatus for imaging the subject,
- wherein the magnetic field on the one side of the apparatus is used to image the subject using magnetic resonance imaging that is at a distance from the apparatus and from the access aperture,
- wherein the apparatus is a single sided device for imaging one or more structures and the access aperture extends through the single side.
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A method of imaging one or more structures that are at least part or a subject, the method comprising:
- positioning an array of magnetic materials on one side of the one or more structures, the array forming an imaging apparatus, which is a single sided device having an access aperture for access to the one or more structures;
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- imaging the one or more structures using magnetic resonance imaging using the array of magnetic materials positioned on the one side of the one or more structures,
- wherein the magnetic field on the one side of the apparatus is used to image the subject that is at a distance from the apparatus and from the access aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.