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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig F. Ferris, Holden, MA (US);
Jean A King, Worcester, MA (US);
Arthur C. Allard, Templeton, MA (US);
Reinhold Ludwig, Paxton, MA (US);
Gene Bogdanov, Manchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
Insight Neuroimaging Systems, Inc., Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods of performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in awake animals. The invention utilizes head and body restrainers to position an awake animal relative to a radio frequency dual coil system operating in a high field magnetic resonance imaging system to provide images of high resolution without motion artifact.