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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7885703 | System and method for scanning a patient Systems and methods for using a patient display is described. The described system includes a medical imaging system. The medical imaging system includes a gantry, a patient display, and a computer. The gantry at least partially circumscribes a patient viewing area.... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7292704 | Noise attenuating headset Systems and techniques are disclosed for a headset that may be used in an audio system used in a magnetic field. In one aspect, the system includes an inner set portion adapted to fit into an ear canal. A pneumatic port is disposed in the hole to couple audible soun... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7020509 | Magnetic resonance tomography apparatus and method employing a true FISP sequence with improved off-resonant behavior of two spin ensembles In a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus employing a FISP pulse sequence, the pulse sequence is repeated with a repetition time TR with different phase-coding gradient directions and with an alternating operational sign of the flip angle α. The gradi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6980003 | Open half volume quadrature transverse electromagnetic coil for high field magnetic resonance imaging A half-volume quadrature TEM coil high field (>3 T) imaging applications. This novel coil produces a sufficiently large homogeneous B1 field region for the use as a volume coil. It provides superior transmission efficiency, resulting in significantly lowe... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6463316 | Delay based active noise cancellation for magnetic resonance imaging System and method for actively canceling the acoustic noise generated by changes in the electric current within the gradient coils of a magnetic resonance imager based on the finding that the acoustic noise in the magnetic resonance imager is highly perio... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5877732 | Three-dimensional high resolution MRI video and audio system and method A three-dimensional high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) video and audio system employed within the magnetic field of a bore of an MRI scanner to provide video images via a relay lens system and corresponding audible sound via a non-magnetic p... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5861865 | Audio/visual entertainment system for use with a magnetic resonance imaging device with adjustable video signal An entertainment system for use with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device has a display panel and associated electronics which are mounted close to the MRI device and which are enclosed within a Faraday shield. A patient may be placed within the MRI ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5552708 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising a communication system Magnetic resonance imaging includes a system of gradient coils (3) for generating gradient fields in a measuring space (35), a power supply source (7) for the gradient coils, and a communication system for transferring acoustic information from at least a... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5546943 | Stimulating a beneficial human response by using visualization of medical scan data to achieve psychoneuroimmunological virtual reality A visualization system using a computer to provide a patient with a view of their internal anatomy based on medical scan data. The medical scan data is obtained from three-dimensional scanning system, such as Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI), Computer-Aid... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5414459 | Fiber optic video glasses and projection system The instant invention is a display system that provides visual stimuli to a patient who is undergoing diagnostic treatment within a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The system utilizes a pair of lightweight fiber optic video glasses having a hollow c... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412419 | Magnetic resonance imaging compatible audio and video system An audio and video system that is compatible with the strong magnetic fields generated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment (wherein the MRI equipment is separated by a penetration panel into a control room and a magnet room). The system receives an in... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5355885 | Illuminating method and apparatus in nuclear magnetic resonance inspection In an illuminating method for nuclear magnetic resonance inspection, the progress of inspection is visually informed to a patient so that the patient can easily and surely keep himself or herself at rest during a scanning period, thereby improving accurac... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5339813 | Patient video system for medical imaging equipment A video system for use by a patient positioned in the bore of an MRI scanner includes a scope through which the patient can view a remote target area while a scan is being performed. A liquid crystal display system produces a color image at the target are... | 08/23/1994 |
| 4981137 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for taking a pateint into a air-core of a static magnetic field coil which forms a static magnetic field and a gradient coil which forms a gradient magnetic field and imaging a tomogram of the patient comprising, a m... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4923295 | Device to monitor a patient in an apparatus for medical examination A device for monitoring a patient in a medical examination apparatus has a support on which are mounted a television camera and a mirror sending on an image of a part of the patient to the camera, said support being movable with respect to the frame of th... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4903703 | Conversation device of MR imaging apparatus The conversation device of an MR imaging apparatus including a magnet for generating a static magnetic field, a gradient field coil disposed between pole pieces of the magnet and used for endowing an NMR signal with positional information, a high-frequenc... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4901141 | Fiberoptic display for a video image A coherent fiberoptic display for a region having strong magnetic field. Transfer optics launch the image into one end of a coherent fiberoptic bundle that transfers the image to the display. Transfer optics at the other end of the coherent fiberoptic bun... | 02/13/1990 |
