IP Library Granted Patent US 9,645,208
Granted Patent B2
US 9,645,208 · App. 13/848,132 · Granted May 9, 2017

Material for use in a magnetic resonance system, method for producing the material and magnetic resonance system

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Patent No.
US 9,645,208
App. No.
13/848,132
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A material for use in a magnetic resonance system includes a carrier material and a doping material. The carrier material and the doping material are admixed in a specific proportion. A volume of the material smaller than 1 mm 2 contains a substantially homogeneous intermixing of the carrier material and the doping material.

Claims (31)

1. A material for use in a magnetic resonance system, the material comprising:

a carrier materials; and

a magnetic doping material which is admixed in a specific proportion with the carrier material for producing the material for use in the magnetic resonance system,

wherein a volume of the material which is smaller than 1 mm 3 contains a substantially homogeneous intermixing of the carrier material and the doping material, and

wherein the material has a T2* relaxation time of nuclear spins in the volume which is reduced by a factor of at least 2 compared to a corresponding T2* relaxation time of the carrier material.

2. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a particle size of the doping material is smaller than approximately 200 μm.

3. The material as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the particle size of the doping material is smaller than approximately 10 μm.

4. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the doping material comprises magnetic nanoparticles and wherein a particle size of the doping material is smaller than approximately 1 μm.

5. The material as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the particle size of the doping material is smaller than approximately 100 nm.

6. The material as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the magnetic nanoparticles are ferromagnetic.

7. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the magnetic doping material admixed in the carrier material is in the range of 0.1%-80% by weight or volume.

8. The material as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the proportion of the magnetic doping material admixed in the carrier material is in the range of 1%-20% by weight or volume.

9. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier material is an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic.

10. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrier material is selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers, elastomers, thermosets, foams.

11. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the doping material is selected from a first group of diamagnetic materials consisting of the elements: graphite, bismuth; or from a second group of paramagnetic materials consisting of the elements: platinum, chromium, tungsten, ferritin.

12. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the material has a macroscopic magnetic susceptibility which is substantially equal to a susceptibility of water or tissue or organic material or air.

13. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the material has a macroscopic magnetic susceptibility which is unequal to at least a susceptibility of water and tissue and organic material and air.

14. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the factor is 4.

15. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the material comprises a magnetic further doping material which is admixed in a further proportion, wherein the volume contains a homogeneous intermixing of the carrier material and the doping material and the further doping material and wherein a preceding sign of a susceptibility of the further doping material is unequal to a preceding sign of a susceptibility of the doping material.

16. The material as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a particle size of the further doping material is smaller than 100 μm.

17. The material as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the proportion and the further proportion are different so that a macroscopic susceptibility is equal to a specific value.

18. A method for producing a material for use in a magnetic resonance system, the method comprising:

melting a carrier material made of plastic via an extruder, and

admixing a proportion of a magnetic doping material with the carrier material for producing the material for use in the magnetic resonance system,

wherein a volume of the material which is smaller than 1 mm 3 contains a homogeneous intermixing of the carrier material with the doping material, and

wherein the material has a T2* relaxation time of nuclear spins in the volume which is reduced by a factor of at least 2 compared to a corresponding T2* relaxation time of the carrier material.

19. A magnetic resonance system with a sensitive range, wherein the magnetic resonance system is set up in order to obtain magnetic resonance data for imaging within the sensitive range, wherein the magnetic resonance system comprises:

components for imaging within the sensitive range,

wherein the components comprise a material comprising a carrier material and a magnetic doping material which is admixed in a proportion with the carrier material,

wherein a volume of the material which is smaller than 1 mm 3 contains a homogeneous intermixing of the carrier material and the doping material, and

wherein the material has a T2* relaxation time of nuclear spins in the volume which is reduced by a factor of at least 2 compared to a corresponding T2* relaxation time of the carrier material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2017
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 042535/0623 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2013
From: BIBER, STEPHAN; CANDIDUS, YVONNE; FISCHER, HUBERTUS; GREINER, ROBERT; KUNDNER, THOMAS
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 030319/0322 →