Mri system with peripheral access and inhomogeneous field
CA 2239803 A1 · Owner: Panacea Medical Laboratories · Inventors: Crowley, Christopher W.; Cornelius, Wayne; Rose, Freeman H. Jr.
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An MRI apparatus for imaging an object includes a base a pair of, magnets, and a transceiver unit. The magnets are mounted on the base with the North pole face of one magnet facing the South pole face of the other magnet. The North pole face and the South pole face are each substantially arcuate, and are positioned on the base to establish a magnetic field in a substantially U-shaped region between the North pole face and the South pole face. Importantly, imaging is performed in a nonhomogeneous portion of this magnetic field. This portion is characterized by substantially parallel surfaces having mutually different constant magnetic field magnitudes. Importantly the space between the …
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