Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1996-07-02
1999-03-09
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
324318, A61B 5055
Patent
active
058793003
ABSTRACT:
A method and coil arrangement for use in magnetic resonance imaging facilitates the examination of a localized region of the body. A plurality of substantially identical saddle coils are disposed about a former. The coils, which define a generally cylindrical volume, overlap one another in a circumferential direction. In one embodiment, a generally planar rectangular coil intersects the cylindrical volume. The method and coil arrangement are particularly well suited to imaging a region adjacent but outside the cylindrical volume. The coil arrangement is also well suited to insertion within the body, especially the rectum.
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Clair Eugene E.
Fry John J.
Gurin Timothy B.
Lateef Marvin M.
Mantis Mercader Eleni
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