Patent ID: 9482728
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a specimen, comprising the steps of: providing a MRI device having a first coordinate frame of reference within a second coordinate frame of reference and a localized region of MRI sensitivity in at least one spatial dimension, wherein the MRI device is selected from the group consisting of an antenna, an endoscope, a probe, a needle, a catheter, a guidewire, and a therapy delivery device; introducing the MRI device into the specimen; locking in at least one spatial dimension to the first coordinate frame-of-reference of the MRI device; acquiring MRI image data while the second coordinate frame of reference for imaging is intrinsically locked to the localized sensitive region of the introduced MRI sensitive device; processing the MRI signals to provide MRI signal data from the coordinate frame of reference of the MRI device.