Fiberoptic display for a video image

An apparatus for transferring an active optical image across a gradient between a region having a high magnetic flux density and a region having a low magnetic flux density, comprising:

• means for receiving the entire active optical image in one region in real time;
• means for transferring the entire active optical image across the gradient together in real time without the magnetic flux degrading the image or the image degrading the magnetic flux;
• and
• means for displaying the entire active optical image in the other region in real time.

A method of displaying a video image in an imaging zone of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus, comprising the steps:

• receiving the video image;
• transferring the video image into the imaging zone of the MRI apparatus when the MRI apparatus is generating a high magnetic flux density in the imaging zone without the high magnetic flux density degrading the video image or the video image degrading the high magnetic flux density;
• and
• displaying the video image to a patient who is in the imaging zone when the MRI apparatus is generating the high magnetic flux density in the imaging zone.

A method of transferring an entire active optical image across a gradient between a region having a high magnetic flux density and a region having a low magnetic flux density, comprising the steps of:

• receiving the entire active optical image in one region;
• transferring the entire active optical image across the gradient together in real time without the magnetic flux degrading the image or the image degrading the magnetic flux;
• and
• displaying the entire active optical image in the other region in real time.

A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus, comprising:

• means for receiving a video image;
• means for transferring the video image into an imaging zone of the MRI apparatus when the MRI apparatus is generating a high magnetic flux density in the imaging zone without the high magnetic flux density degrading the video image or the video image degrading the high magnetic flux density;
• and
• means for displaying the video image to a patient who is in the imaging zone when the MRI apparatus is generating the high magnetic flux density in the imaging zone.

An apparatus for transferring an optical image across a gradient between a region having a high magnetic flux density and a region having a low magnetic flux density, comprising:

• means for receiving the optical image in a region of low magnetic flux density;
• means for transferring the optical image across the gradient without the magnetic flux degrading the image or the image degrading the magnetic flux;
• and
• means for displaying the optical image in having a high magnetic flux density, wherein the region of high magnetic flux density is an imaging zone of a magnetic resonance (MRI) apparatus.

A method of transferring an optical image across a gradient between a region having a high magnetic flux density and a region having a low magnetic flux density, comprising the steps of:

• receiving the optical image in a region of low magnetic flux density;
• transferring the optical image across the gradient without the magnetic flux degrading the image or the image degrading the magnetic flux;
• and
• displaying the optical image in the region of high magnetic flux density corresponding to an imaging zone of an MRI apparatus.