General Electric Company

David R Eisner

Steven P Souza

John F Schenck

Lowell Scott Smith

William A Edelstein

Rowland W Redington

An antenna for NMR imaging of the eye of a patient includes a small circular or oval surface coil which is locatable immediately adjacent to the eye of the patient and supported by a member having a shape contoured to fit in the region between the zygomatic and supra-orbital arches of the face. The supporting member may be a disc supporting a whole-eye surface coil anterior of the eye, or may be a contact-lens-like member supporting a fine wire surface coil substantially in contact with the anterior orbital aspect.

Antennae for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the eye

Apparatus for detecting movement of an anatomical sample undergoing NMR imaging uses at least one optical sensor, each having an output responsive to the intensity of received illumination and each directed to view a selected portion of sample; and apparatus for monitoring the output of each sensor to detect a change therein responsive to movement of the sample.

Motion detector for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

A radio-frequency shielded room for a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging system has at least one electrically-conductive shield wall substantially enclosing a predetermined volume adjacent to one end of the bore formed through an imaging magnet within which bore the imaging process is carried out. The at least one wall has an aperture therethrough substantially at and in registration with the one bore end. A hollow shield member, of an electrically-conductive material, extends through the magnet bore and has a first end region periphery aligned with and substantially electrically connected to the entire periphery of the aperture in the at least one wall. A second end of hollow shield member extends at least to the remaining end of the magnet bore, where it is enclosed with an electrically-conductive cap substantially electrically connected about the entire periphery of the hollow shield member second end. The at least one wall, the hollow shield member and the second end cap form a shielded room substantially completely enclosing the volume extending through the magnet bore and adjacent to one end thereof, which volume is effectively shielded from radio frequency signals emanating from outside the enclosed volume.

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Schenectady, NY, United States of America

David R Eisner