Patent ID: 6445181
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
Apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging comprising:a) a magnet for establishing a static magnetic field in a first volume, b) a plurality of coils for establishing magnetic gradients in the first volume, c) RF coils for continually applying pulses to excite nuclear spins in the first volume while an object is translated through the first volume, d) a table for supporting an object, e) a plurality of receiver coils, each sensitive to a subvolume of the object, and f) means for translating the table through the first volume for imaging a plurality of subvolumes in the object as the plurality of subvolumes pass through the first volume, the plurality of receiver coils being translated with the table and detecting MRI signals for a subvolume at a plurality of times and at a plurality of table positions within the first volume, and the sum of the subvolumes being larger than the first volume.