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Device and a system for moving and positioning an open magnetic resonance imaging probe

  • US 20020123681A1
  • Filed: 11/29/2001
  • Published: 09/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for magnetic resonance imaging, the system comprising:

  • an operating table for supporting a patient;

    a magnetic resonance imaging system including an open magnetic probe for producing a volume of substantially homogenous magnetic field for imaging a body part of said patient; and

    a controllable positioning device attached to said open magnetic probe for controllably positioning said open magnetic probe in a position selected from a plurality of probe positions, said plurality of positions includes at least one imaging position in which said open magnetic probe is positioned relative to said body part of said patient such that surgical procedures and imaging procedures can be performed on said body part of said patient while said open magnetic probe is positioned in said at least one imaging position.

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