| US 7,525,312 B2 | ||
| System for magnetic resonance imaging assisted surgery | ||
| Charles A. Green, Holbrook, N.Y. (US); Arto Cinoglu, Rockville Centre, N.Y. (US); and William H. Wahl, Smithtown, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Fonar Corporation, Melville, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 21, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/726,700. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/784151, filed on Mar. 21, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0222450 A1, Sep. 27, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 324—318 [600/421] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A system for magnetic resonance imaging assisted surgery, comprising:
a magnet having a lower pole and an upper pole arranged along a vertical axis defining a patient receiving space therebetween;
a bed positioned within the patient receiving space for supporting a patient, the bed having a frame and a support surface
onto which the patient is positioned; and
an antenna support assembly adjustably mounted to the bed, the support assembly being adapted to support a housing having
one or more antenna coils, the support assembly being adapted to adjustably position the housing, the housing comprising a
skeletal structure that allows access to the portion of patient's anatomy adjacent the housing and from which signals are
received by the coils.
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