Low field squid mri devices, components and methods
AssigneeCalifornia Institute of Technology
InventorsKonstantin I. PENANEN, Byeong H. EOM, Inseob HAHN
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Abstract
Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods are disclosed. They include a portable low field (SQUID)-based MRI instrument and a portable low field SQUID-based MRI system to be operated under a bed where a subject is adapted to be located. Also disclosed is a method of distributing wires on an image encoding coil system adapted to be used with an NMR or MRI device for analyzing a sample or subject and a second order superconducting gradiometer adapted to be used with a low field SQUID-based MRI device as a sensing component for an MRI signal related to a subject or sample.
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A portable low field superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument, comprising:
- a sensing coil assembly to sense an MRI signal from a subject or sample;
- a SQUID to receive the MRI signal from the sensing coil assembly;
- a cryogenic cooler associated with the SQUID and the superconducting magnetic shield;
- an enclosure enclosing the sensing coil assembly, the SQUID, the superconducting magnetic shield and the cryogenic cooler;
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- a portable frame containing the enclosure and adapted to contain main field coils and field compensation coils.
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