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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Alexander Pines, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jeffrey Paulsen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Louis S. Bouchard, Berkeley, CA (US);
Bernhard Blumich, Roetgen, DE;
Alexander Pines, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jeffrey Paulsen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Louis S. Bouchard, Berkeley, CA (US);
Bernhard Blumich, Roetgen, DE;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
System and methods for designing and using single-sided magnet assemblies for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are disclosed. The single-sided magnet assemblies can include an array of permanent magnets disposed at selected positions. At least one of the permanent magnets can be configured to rotate about an axis of rotation in the range of at least +/−10 degrees and can include a magnetization having a vector component perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The single-sided magnet assemblies can further include a magnet frame that is configured to hold the permanent magnets in place while allowing the at least one of the permanent magnets to rotate about the axis of rotation.