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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Life Services Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brandon J. Tramm, Otsego, MN (US);
Scott M. Schillak, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew T. Waks, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Charles A. Lemaire, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Life Services, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving RF signals suitable for MRI and/or MRS from MR 'coils' (antennae) that are arranged in an array next to a tissue-sample-slice holder that constrains the front, back, and edges of the tissue sample and is configured to rotate in a 'roll' direction (about an axis parallel to the main DC magnetic field) and optionally also rotate in a pitch direction (at varying angles up and down, left-to-right, or both, relative to the roll axis and thus to the main DC magnetic field); the system optionally includes temperature control (heat and/or cooling), an optical grid that is marked or etched into a cover glass that holds the sample (in some embodiments, the grid is visible in the MRI images as well), an electrical and/or optical stimulation means for delivering stimulation Some embodiments combine optical image data with MR image data.