Remote Diagnostic Device for MRI Coil Testing and Method of Use

    公开(公告)号:US20240310467A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US17673522

    申请日:2022-02-16

    IPC分类号: G01R33/58 A61B5/055

    CPC分类号: G01R33/583 A61B5/055

    摘要: A device for remotely diagnosing an MRI coil comprises: a Diagnostic Interface Device (or DID); means for plugging the MRI coil into the DID when the MRI coil is not in use, said device adapted for: (a) measuring the status of certain key electrical conditions for the coil; (b) receiving a response back from the signals initially aimed at the coil in question; (c) processing those responses received; and (d) transferring the measured electronic status (using a specific code number for the coil) to a remote storage area on the internet. A method of use is also disclosed.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CALIBRATING MEDICAL DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240272259A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18434786

    申请日:2024-02-06

    摘要: A method for calibrating a medical device is provided. The medical device may include a magnetic resonance (MR) device. The method may include switching a gradient field in at least one gradient direction of the MR device; obtaining a magnetic flux variation in the at least one gradient direction in at least one portion of a spatial region within a gradient field domain of the MR device using a magnetic flux measurement component; determining a center of the gradient field domain of the MR device based on the magnetic flux variation; and performing a mechanical adjustment on the MR device to locate the center of the gradient field domain at a target position based on the center of the gradient field domain, or adjusting an image reconstruction process to correct or eliminate an impact of inaccuracy of the center of the gradient field domain on a reconstructed image.

    MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190154784A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US15820681

    申请日:2017-11-22

    摘要: Magnetic resonance (MR) data are acquired by applying magnetic fields to an examination region concurrent with stimulated echo signals, such that trajectories, which are not straight lines, are generated in k-space. For this purpose, sequence of RF pulses is applied to generate the stimulated echo signals in the examination object, undersampled MR measurement data are detected during reception of the stimulated echo signals in the at least two receiving coils, along the curved k-space trajectories, and fully sampled MR measurement are generated from the undersampled MR measurement data using sensitivity information of the at least two receiving coils. Alternatively, the MR measurement data are fully sampled in a central region of k-space, and a region outside the central region is not fully sampled, and a phase correction with a Partial Fourier technique is executed on the MR measurement data using fully sampled MR measurement data from the central region of k-space.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING CALIBRATION DATA FOR A GRAPPA MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ALGORITHM

    公开(公告)号:US20180017655A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-18

    申请号:US15651272

    申请日:2017-07-17

    发明人: Mario Zeller

    摘要: In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for recording calibration data for establishing convolution kernels for GRAPPA algorithms for reconstruction of image data from measurement data recorded using echo planar imaging with simultaneous recording of a number of slices of a slice stack. A slice GRAPPA algorithm is used to reconstruct the image data of the individual slices and an inplane GRAPPA algorithm is used to reconstruct undersampled magnetic resonance data within the slices. In order to record the calibration data to be used for establishing the convolution kernels of the two GRAPPA algorithms, in a predetermined slice order for the slices of the slice stack, for one slice in each case, at least one segment of k-space to be sampled is read out in the readout direction for a completely sampled readout in the phase encoding direction, and at least one such segment extends around the center of k-space in the readout direction, and the segment width is selected so that the phase encoding bandwidth matches that of the recording of the measurement data.

    Establishing a magnetic resonance system actuation sequence

    公开(公告)号:US09791531B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-17

    申请号:US14231118

    申请日:2014-03-31

    IPC分类号: G01R33/24 G01R33/54 G01R33/58

    摘要: A method for establishing a magnetic resonance system actuation sequence is described. A first number of field distribution maps are acquired for slices of the measurement region, and a radiofrequency pulse train is established on the basis thereof for the magnetic resonance system actuation sequence. This acquisition of the first number of field distribution maps may be brought about on the basis of an acquisition scheme. A reduced number of field distribution representation maps are established on the basis of the acquired field distribution maps, which field distribution representation maps represent the first number of acquired field distribution maps in accordance with a predetermined optimization criterion, and the radiofrequency pulse train is established on the basis of the field distribution representation maps.