Mrtechnology, Inc.

Tomoyuki Haishi

Seitaro Hashimoto

Katsumi Kose

Kazunori Ishizawa

An imaging unit producing images, and a control unit controlling the imaging unit. The imaging device further comprises: a reference clock unit generating a reference clock; and a signal input/output unit provided between the imaging unit and the control unit and inputting and outputting signals in synchronization with the reference clock generated by the reference clock unit. The control unit comprises: generating unit generating a plurality of control signals; transmitting unit transmitting the plural control signals; receiving unit receiving measurement signals; and extraction unit extracting the measurement signal when the reception times of the measurement signals received by the receiving unit agrees with the extraction timing generated by the generating unit.

MRI method and apparatus with synchronized clock timing from the imaging pulse sequence

The present invention provides an imaging unit which can image small animals inexpensively and with high resolution. The imaging detectorof the imaging unit includes gradient magnetic field coils having a pair of bucket-shaped coils--having the bottoms opposed to each other and generating gradient magnetic fields between the par of bucket-shaped coils--, and a detection coilaccommodated between the pair of bucket-shaped coils--, a housing portionprovided between the pair of bucket-shaped coils--and housing an object to be imaged, and a detection coilprovided in the housing portionand positioned near the housed object to be imaged.

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Tsukuba, Japan

Tomoyuki Haishi