Magnetic resonance imaging of living systems by remote detection
Abstract
A novel approach to magnetic resonance imaging is disclosed. Blood flowing through a living system is prepolarized, and then encoded. The polarization can be achieved using permanent or superconducting magnets. The polarization may be carried out upstream of the region to be encoded or at the place of encoding. In the case of an MRI of a brain, polarization of flowing blood can be effected by placing a magnet over a section of the body such as the heart upstream of the head. Alternatively, polarization and encoding can be effected at the same location. Detection occurs at a remote location, using a separate detection device such as an optical atomic magnetometer, or an inductive Faraday coil. The detector may be placed on the surface of the skin next to a blood vessel such as a jugular vein carrying blood away from the encoded region.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176536
- Patent Number(s):
- 8570035
- Application Number:
- 12/747,488
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2008 Dec 12
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Wemmer, David, Pines, Alexander, Bouchard, Louis, Xu, Shoujun, Harel, Elad, Budker, Dmitry, Lowery, Thomas, and Ledbetter, Micah. Magnetic resonance imaging of living systems by remote detection. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Wemmer, David, Pines, Alexander, Bouchard, Louis, Xu, Shoujun, Harel, Elad, Budker, Dmitry, Lowery, Thomas, & Ledbetter, Micah. Magnetic resonance imaging of living systems by remote detection. United States.
Wemmer, David, Pines, Alexander, Bouchard, Louis, Xu, Shoujun, Harel, Elad, Budker, Dmitry, Lowery, Thomas, and Ledbetter, Micah. Tue .
"Magnetic resonance imaging of living systems by remote detection". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176536.
@article{osti_1176536,
title = {Magnetic resonance imaging of living systems by remote detection},
author = {Wemmer, David and Pines, Alexander and Bouchard, Louis and Xu, Shoujun and Harel, Elad and Budker, Dmitry and Lowery, Thomas and Ledbetter, Micah},
abstractNote = {A novel approach to magnetic resonance imaging is disclosed. Blood flowing through a living system is prepolarized, and then encoded. The polarization can be achieved using permanent or superconducting magnets. The polarization may be carried out upstream of the region to be encoded or at the place of encoding. In the case of an MRI of a brain, polarization of flowing blood can be effected by placing a magnet over a section of the body such as the heart upstream of the head. Alternatively, polarization and encoding can be effected at the same location. Detection occurs at a remote location, using a separate detection device such as an optical atomic magnetometer, or an inductive Faraday coil. The detector may be placed on the surface of the skin next to a blood vessel such as a jugular vein carrying blood away from the encoded region.},
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