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    • 5. 发明授权
    • Miniature magnetic resonance catheter coils and related methods
    • 微型磁共振导管线圈及相关方法
    • US06263229B1
    • 2001-07-17
    • US09191563
    • 1998-11-13
    • Ergin AtalarJeffrey C. LestioHarry K. Charles, Jr.Bliss G. CarkhuffPaul A. Bottomley
    • Ergin AtalarJeffrey C. LestioHarry K. Charles, Jr.Bliss G. CarkhuffPaul A. Bottomley
    • A61B5055
    • G01R33/34084G01R33/34007G01R33/341G01R33/3657G01R33/3678
    • The present invention provides several embodiments of methods of making magnetic resonance catheter coils which include employing a flexible electrically insulative base member, depositing an electrically conductive material on the base member in a predetermined pattern to create at least one pair of generally parallel electrically conductive coil elements which are electrically connected to each other. A catheter is provided over the coil assembly. In one embodiment, a second pair of generally parallel electrically conductive coil elements are provided in order to create a quadrature coil. In this latter embodiment, the electrically insulative base member may have the first pair of coil elements created on one surface thereof and a second pair on the other with the base member subsequently being deformed to create a tubular coil having one pair of coil elements on the outside and the other pair on the inside. In some embodiments, tuning and matching circuits and decoupling circuits may be provided. The (a) coils, (b) coil assemblies, as well as (c) catheter coils containing coil assemblies produced by these methods are also disclosed. The coils may be miniaturized so as to facilitate ready insertion within a suitable sheath, such as a probe or catheter, into a patient, including into body openings, or into blood vessels or into interior regions of the body.
    • 本发明提供了制造磁共振导管线圈的方法的几个实施例,其包括采用柔性电绝缘基底部件,以预定图案在基底部件上沉积导电材料,以产生至少一对大致平行的导电线圈元件 它们彼此电连接。 在线圈组件上提供导管。 在一个实施例中,提供第二对大致平行的导电线圈元件以便产生正交线圈。 在后一个实施例中,电绝缘基体可以具有在其一个表面上形成的第一对线圈元件,而另一对线圈元件可以具有另一对线圈元件,而第二对线圈元件随后变形,从而形成管状线圈,该管状线圈在其上具有一对线圈元件 外面和另一对在里面。 在一些实施例中,可以提供调谐和匹配电路和去耦电路。 还公开了(a)线圈,(b)线圈组件,以及(c)包含由这些方法制造的线圈组件的导管线圈。 线圈可以被小型化,以便于在适当的护套(例如探针或导管)内容易地插入患者体内,包括进入体内开口,或进入血管或进入体内的内部区域。
    • 6. 发明授权
    • Method of internal magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopic analysis
and associated apparatus
    • 内部磁共振成像和光谱分析方法及相关设备
    • US5699801A
    • 1997-12-23
    • US457833
    • 1995-06-01
    • Ergin AtalarPaul A. BottomleyElias A. Zerhouni
    • Ergin AtalarPaul A. BottomleyElias A. Zerhouni
    • A61B10/00A61B5/055A61B10/02A61B19/00G01R33/34
    • G01R33/34084A61B5/055G01R33/341G01R33/3657G01R33/3678G01R33/34007
    • The invention provides a method for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopic analysis of the interior of a specimen which includes positioning the specimen within a main magnetic field, introducing an invasive probe having an elongated receiver coil into or adjacent to the specimen with the coil having at least one pair of elongated electrical conductors, preferably, generally parallel to each other disposed within a dielectric material and having a pair of ends electrically connected to each other. RF pulses are provided to the region of interest to excite magnetic resonance signals, gradient magnetic pulses are applied to the region of interest with the receiver coil receiving magnetic resonance signals and emitting responsive output signals which may be processed by a computer to provide image information for display in a desired manner. The method in a preferred form involves employing a flexible receiver coil which has uniform sensitivity along the coil and may be operated even when the magnetic resonance signal is in an oblique position. Tuning capacitance may be distributed along the length of the coil and/or a Faraday screen provided to minimize dielectric losses between the coil and the surrounding material of the specimen. The method may be used on a wide variety of specimens and in a preferred use is introduced into small blood vessels of a patient to facilitate determination of atherosclerotic plaque. Medical intervention procedures, such as plaque removal, may be employed generally simultaneously with the imaging of the present invention. Corresponding apparatus is provided.
    • 本发明提供了一种用于磁共振成像和样品内部光谱分析的方法,其包括将样品定位在主磁场内,将具有细长的接收器线圈的侵入性探针引入到试样中或与样品相邻,线圈至少具有 一对细长的电导体,优选地大致彼此平行地设置在电介质材料内并且具有彼此电连接的一对端部。 将RF脉冲提供给感兴趣的区域以激励磁共振信号,梯度磁脉冲被施加到感兴趣的区域,接收器线圈接收磁共振信号并且发出可由计算机处理的响应输出信号,以提供图像信息 以期望的方式显示。 优选形式的方法涉及使用具有沿线圈的均匀灵敏度的柔性接收器线圈,并且即使当磁共振信号处于倾斜位置时也可以进行操作。 调谐电容可以沿着线圈的长度和/或法拉第屏幕分布,以最小化线圈和样品的周围材料之间的介电损耗。 该方法可以用于各种各样的样品,并且优选的用途被引入到患者的小血管中以便于确定动脉粥样硬化斑块。 医疗干预程序,例如除斑,可以与本发明的成像通常同时使用。 提供相应的设备。
    • 7. 发明授权
    • Absolute metabolite concentrations from poorly spatially-resolved MR
response signals
    • 绝对代谢物浓度来自差的空间分辨MR反应信号
    • US5500592A
    • 1996-03-19
    • US332318
    • 1994-10-31
    • Paul A. Bottomley
    • Paul A. Bottomley
    • G01R33/483G01R33/485G01R33/565G01R33/58G01R33/46
    • G01R33/485G01R33/58G01R33/56527
    • An improved method of assaying local metabolite concentrations the chemical entity (CE) of interest, of a living subject by non-invasive means using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy employs acquiring an MR response signal for a naturally occurring, abundant marker material of known concentration, such as water (H.sub.2 O) from the subject. An MR response signal is also acquired from the CE being assayed, e.g., adenosine triphosphate (ATP) with phosphorus (.sup.31 P) nuclei producing the MR response signal. The subject is replaced with a test phantom having a known concentration of the marker material and a reference concentration standard (e.g., phosphate) having the same resonant nuclei as the CE. Both sets of MR response signals are again acquired. The volume of tissue contributing to the CE MR response signal in the subject is deduced from the ratios of marker material MR response signals from the subject and phantom and the known concentration of the test phantom. The concentration of CE in the subject is determined from the volume and the measurements of the test phantom. The method avoids problems of tissue volume determination from images. The technique may be applied to non-invasive evaluation of cardiac tissue damage by assaying phosphate concentration of volume elements of the subject's heart.
    • 通过使用磁共振(MR)光谱的非侵入性手段测定活体受试者感兴趣的化学实体(CE)的改进方法,采用已知浓度的天然存在的丰富标记物质的MR响应信号 ,例如来自受试者的水(H 2 O)。 还从被测定的CE获得MR响应信号,例如具有产生MR响应信号的磷(31P)核的三磷酸腺苷(ATP)。 用具有已知浓度的标记材料和具有与CE相同的共振核的参考浓度标准(例如磷酸盐)的测试体模替代受试者。 再次获得两组MR响应信号。 从对象和体模的标记材料MR响应信号和测试体模的已知浓度的比率推导出对受试者中对CE MR响应信号有贡献的组织体积。 受试者中CE的浓度由测试体模和体积测量确定。 该方法避免了图像中组织体积确定的问题。 该技术可以通过测定受试者心脏的体积元素的磷酸盐浓度来应用于心脏组织损伤的非侵入性评估。
    • 8. 发明授权
    • Spatially-localized chemical-reaction-rate NMR spectroscopic imaging
    • 空间局部化学反应率NMR光谱成像
    • US5201311A
    • 1993-04-13
    • US927780
    • 1992-08-10
    • Paul A. BottomleyChristopher J. Hardy
    • Paul A. BottomleyChristopher J. Hardy
    • G01R33/483G01R33/485
    • G01R33/485G01R33/483
    • A method for providing information about the rate of a selected chemical reaction in each of at least one selected volume elements (voxels) in a sample includes the steps of: exciting a reaction-rate-dependent chemical-shift spectrum, by a selected stimulus (such as one of saturation-transfer and inversion-transfer RF signal pulses) to label the NMR signal of a first reaction constituent; spatially localizing the NMR response signal, provided by the excited resonance, to a selected voxel within the sample; and acquiring and processing the NMR response data from the localized voxel. The excitation, localization and data acquisition subsequences are repeated to generate data substantially proportional, or equal, to the reaction rate constants in the selected voxels, and in planes and/or volumes thereof.
    • 提供关于样品中至少一个选定的体积元素(体素)中的每一个中选择的化学反应的速率的信息的方法包括以下步骤:通过所选择的刺激(激发反应速率依赖的化学位移谱) 例如饱和转移和反转传输RF信号脉冲之一)来标记第一反应成分的NMR信号; 将由激发谐振提供的NMR响应信号空间定位到样品内的选定体素; 并从局部体素获取和处理NMR响应数据。 重复激发,定位和数据采集子序列以产生与所选择的体素中的反应速率常数以及其平面和/或体积基本成比例或相等的数据。