Patent ID: 11963739
Assignee: SINO CANADA HEALTH ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HEFEI) LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of simultaneous PET and MRI Imaging of a patient's brain in an MRI system comprising a front, a back, a bore, a control system and a patient bed, said method comprising:
providing a BrainPET insert comprising, in order, a receive (Rx) coil positioned within and adjacent to a transmit (Tx) coil and a PET ring, wherein both the Rx col and the Tx col are within the PET ring,
said patient bad comprising a sliding system extending from a position outside of the bore to a position within the bore, said sliding system moving the BrainPET insert from a first position wherein the BrainPET insert is mounted on the sliding system outside of the bore and a second position wherein the BrainPET insert Is within the bore;
moving the patient bed out of the back of the MRI device, thereby exposing a loading portion of the patient bed;
mounting the BrainPET Insert onto the loading portion of the patient bed such that the BrainPET insert is mounted on the sliding system and in the first position;
moving the patient bed out of the front of the MRI device for patient loading;
loading a patient onto the patient bed;
moving the patient bed such that the patient is moved into the bore;
moving the BrainPET insert from the first position to the second position such that the BrainPET insert is positioned around the head of the patient; and
generating MRI and PET scans of the brain of the patient.