General Electric Company

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Donald Elroy Kosak

Richard Scott Hinks

David E Dean

Michael J Radziun

Scott Thomas Mansell

John Edward Lorbiecki

Bruce David Collick

David Glenn Lee

Lance L Lightfoot

James L Persohn

An apparatus for supporting a patient support bridge member in an MR system where a first end of the bridge is supported by an upright support member on a first side of an MR imaging bore and the bridge extends through the bore so that a second end of the bridge extends out a second side of the bore, the apparatus including a bracket mounted to an MR main magnet on the second side of the bore and extending upwardly to contact and support the bridge there above.

MR bridge support

A phantom for a real-time interactive imaging system is described. The phantom includes a plurality of segments having unique identifiers, the segments joining together to form a polyhedron around an inner plate. In one embodiment, the inner plate has a unique identifier and two inner blocks positioned orthogonally upon it, each inner block also having a unique identifier. The phantom provides a variety of uniquely identified surfaces, angles and edges for scanning practice in a real-time interactive environment, and enables the imaging system user to verify image correctness and annotation.

Imaging system phantom

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Menomonee Falls, WI, United States of America

Donald Elroy Kosak