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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2001
Ed Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Dinsie Belmont Williams, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Edward Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co., LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and method for micro-imaging is provided. The apparatus comprises an MRI system having a gradient coil positioned within a bore of a magnet that impresses a polarizing magnetic field. The apparatus also includes an RF transceiver system, having an RF switch controlled by a pulse module, to transmit RF signals to an RF coil. Upon selection of a micro-imaging scan, a computer activates a micro-imaging gradient coil positioned within the bore of the magnet. The micro-imaging gradient coils are assembled such that, upon energization, substantially linear magnetic field gradients are created along three axes in a localized FOV adjacent to the micro-imaging gradient coils.