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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2016
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventor:
Alexey Tonyushkin, Quincy, MA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/1276 (2013.01); A61B 5/0515 (2013.01);
Abstract
Selection-focus coils de-signed for 3D FFL-based MPI may allow for spatial encoding without additional shift coils and provide relatively large FOV and field gradient with very flat FFL. Additionally, a single-sided FFL-based device which is capable of 3D imaging is disclosed. With sufficient current amplitudes, FFL could encode the whole volume of a small animal or penetrate deep into human organs such as the vascular system or lymph nodes. An MPI device based on the proposed selection scheme could be a compact and robust alternative to the state-of-the-art FFP (FFL)-based MPI scanners.