Fujifilm Corporation

Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation

Mark Richard

Christophor Napier

Michael Thompson

Errol Brissett

Dan DeLeon

An MRI support structure for imaging a breast region of a patient, said support structure comprising: a housing including a top portion, a bottom portion, a left support portion, and a right support portion wherein the top portion, bottom portion, and left support portion define a left cup opening, and the top portion, bottom portion, and right support portion define a right cup opening; a rail system comprising a plurality of rails each coupled to a bottom surface of the top portion; a lateral grid plate holder comprising a ratchet mechanism engaged with the rail system and configured to ratchet along the rail system in a medial direction; and a medial grid plate holder coupled to a top surface of the bottom portion.

Receive coil for MRI breast imaging

An MRI system including a main magnet defining a volume, an imaging region disposed within the volume. The main magnet is configured to produce a uniform main magnetic field within the volume, wherein the uniform magnetic field is oriented along a patient axis. The system includes a gradient magnetic coil assembly disposed within the volume and configured to generate a spatially varying magnetic field across the imaging region. The gradient magnetic coil assembly includes a first coil configured to generate a magnetic field in a first axis, a second coil configured to generate a magnetic field in a second axis, and a third coil configured to generate a magnetic field in the patient axis. The system also includes a passive gradient shield disposed between the main magnet and primary gradient magnetic coil assembly, the passive gradient shield can include a continuous cylindrical layer of high permeability, low electrical conductivity material.

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Solon, OH, United States of America

Mark Richard