Magnetic resonance imaging system and methods for use with a medical robotic system

A method of using an MRI system with a surgical robotic system, the method comprising:

• providing an MRI apparatus configured to operate with the surgical robotic system, providing the MRI apparatus comprising providing at least one low-field magnet, providing the at least one low-field magnet comprising configuring the at least one low-field magnet to generate a low magnetic field, and configuring the at least one low-field magnet to generate a low magnetic field with a magnetic flux density in a range of approximately 0.1 T to approximately 0.5 T,
• providing the MRI apparatus comprises configuring the MRI apparatus to operate with the surgical robotic system comprising an interventional robotic apparatus,
• providing the MRI apparatus comprises configuring the MRI apparatus to operate with the surgical robotic system comprising an interventional robotic apparatus having a C-arm or an imaging system;
• and
• disposing the MRI apparatus in relation to at least one of the C-arm and the interventional robotic apparatus, an x-ray imaging apparatus, and a patient,
• thereby reducing a standoff between the MRI apparatus and the surgical robotic system;
• disposing a catheter in relation to the patient;
• navigating the catheter to a brain clot, thereby eliminating the brain clot;
• activating the MRI apparatus;
• scanning the patient by using the MRI apparatus, scanning comprising scanning a diffusion weighted image (DWI), thereby providing an MRI scan;
• interleave scanning the patient using the MRI apparatus with field cycling;
• wherein disposing the MRI apparatus in relation to at least one of the C-arm and the imaging system of the robotic apparatus configured for refraining from encroaching a 5-Gauss line for safe operation of the MRI apparatus;
• wherein the imaging system of the interventional robotic apparatus further comprises a fiber optic camera to facilitate interventional imaging disposed within the catheter;
• and
• wherein the MRI apparatus is configured to generate a first set of DWI images of the patient and the imaging system of the interventional robotic apparatus is configured to generate a secondary set images of the patient.