The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

Jeff Duyn

Alan Koretsky

Lei Qin

Hellmut Merkic

Shumin Wang

Provided are methods and systems for movement correction in an MRI environment. In one aspect, provided are systems and methods for movement correction, comprising receiving a first plurality of images from a first scan of a subject with a first camera, receiving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images obtained concurrently with the first scan, correlating the first plurality of images obtained from the first scan with the MRI images, resulting in motion correction data, and providing the motion correction data to an MRI system, wherein the MRI system adjusts scanning according to the motion correction data.

Movement correction in MRI using a camera

An apparatus for imaging includes: a main magnet to generate a substantially uniform main Bmagnetic field through an examination region; and a coil system including a first coil layer and a second coil layer disposed substantially parallel to the first coil layer with a defined air gap in a radial direction, the first coil layer including a first coil array, the second coil layer including a second coil array, the first and second coil arrays being coupled and cooperating to selectively produce a prespecified Bmagnetic field within the examination region.

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