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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Michael Hutchinson, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Michael Hutchinson, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/341 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56554 (2013.01); G01R 33/341 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); G01R 33/5611 (2013.01); G01R 33/5615 (2013.01); G01R 33/5617 (2013.01); G01R 33/56572 (2013.01); G01R 33/445 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MM) system, called ULTRA (Unlimited Trains of Radio Acquisitions), can operate with essentially no magnetic gradient reversals. Each of a multitude of small receiver coils arranged in a 3D array around the imaging volume simultaneously acquires MR signal from the entire volume. This greatly increases the rate of MR signal acquisition and allows a full MR image to be reconstructed in as little as 1 millisecond. Both electrical and audible noise is greatly reduced.