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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10605884 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2015

Transverse field mri apparatus

Applicant:

Imperial Innovations Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Mihailo Ristic, London, GB;

John Vincent Mario McGinley, London, GB;

Ian Robert Young, London, GB;

Assignee:

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, GB;

Attorney:

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Douglas X Rodriguez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/38 (2006.01); G01R 33/383 (2006.01); G01R 33/3873 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/3875 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56563 (2013.01); G01R 33/3802 (2013.01); G01R 33/383 (2013.01); G01R 33/3806 (2013.01); G01R 33/3873 (2013.01); G01R 33/445 (2013.01); G01R 33/3875 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to an MRI apparatus and a method of MRI involving the acquisition of a first and a second MRI image with mutually different orientations between the BO magnetic field and the object to be investigated. For instance, when imaging structures such as a tendon, due to the magic angle effect, this results in a change in image contrast. According to the invention, a coregistration can be performed between the first and the second MRI image. Moreover, the orientation of a structure within the object can be determined on the basis of the different orientations and the image intensity in the first and the second MRI image. The invention further discloses an apparatus for carrying out the method and a method of shimming the BO magnetic field of the apparatus.

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Ristic, Mihailo. (2020). Transverse field mri apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10605884). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10605884

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