Patent ID: 9726738
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. An apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of at least one object of interest, the apparatus comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging system for performing an imaging process to image the at least one object of interest, the magnetic resonance imaging system including at least one power source coupled to a processor that controls operation of the magnetic resonance imaging system to generate at least one magnetic field gradient and generate radio waves for application to the at least one object of interest to elicit an electromagnetic response from atoms and molecules included in the at least one object of interest, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system includes at least one detector that detects the electromagnetic response and the processor generates the image of the at least one object of interest based on the detected electromagnetic response, wherein the apparatus includes at least one rotating permanent magnet that creates a magnetic field in the at least one object of interest, wherein the rotational speed of the at least one rotating permanent magnet during at least some part of the imaging process performed by the magnetic resonance imaging system is greater than 100 revolutions per second.