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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Weinberg Medical Physics Llc, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Lamar Odell Mair, Washington, DC (US);
Aleksandar Nelson Nacev, Bethesda, MD (US);
Irving N. Weinberg, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Weinberg Medical Physics Inc., North Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/073 (2013.01); A61B 5/0515 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method apply magnetic fields by generators external to a body or body part with sensors within an in vivo source that are sensitive to applied magnetic fields Through the use of these applied magnetic fields and sensitive sensors, disclosed embodiments can realize much better spatial resolution than is conventionally possible.