MRI-compatible 3D television and display system

1. A display system compatible with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus disposed in a magnet room for producing video images to a patient in an MRI magnet tunnel, the images having a three-dimensional (3D) effect, the system comprising:

an MRI-compatible 3D display responsive to said video signals and disposed within said magnet room, said display including a display panel configured to generate optical images having 3D content, and RF and electromagnetic interference filtering to prevent noise from said display means from affecting the quality of the images produced by said MRI apparatus, the 3D display further including a Faraday cage structure comprising an optically transparent window panel, the display panel disposed within the Faraday cage structure, the window panel having an electrically conductive mesh having a mesh opening size sufficiently small to block RF signals generated by the display system from passing through the mesh and into the magnet room, and large enough to allow optical image rays from the display panel from passing through without, the window the optically transparent window panel comprising a transparent optically isotropic material allowing optical image rays pass through without significantly affecting the 3D content of the images.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the optically transparent window comprises at least one layer of said transparent optically isotropic material, and said conductive mesh is adjacent a surface of said at least one layer.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said at least one layer of said transparent optically isotropic material comprises a first layer and a second layer, and said conductive mesh is sandwiched between said first layer and said second layer.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein a peripheral edge of the conductive mesh is exposed at a peripheral edge of the window, and wherein a conductive adhesive is applied to the peripheral edge of the mesh and the peripheral edge of the window, such that with the window assembled in a conductive display housing, the edge of the window stays in tight electrical contact with the housing.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transparent optically isotropic material comprises a glass or a plastic material.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a mirror positioned in the MRI magnet tunnel so that the patient in the tunnel can view the 3D display, the mirror formed of a substrate of a non-magnetic optically isotropic material and a reflecting surface.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:

circular polarization filters of opposite sense for each patient eye and positioned so the patient views images generated by the 3D display and reflected from the mirror through the circular polarization filters to produce a 3D effect.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the 3D display includes FPR (Film Patterned Retarder) technology to provide separate left and right eye images having 3D image content, and further comprising:

polarization filters of opposite sense for each patient eye and positioned so the patient views images generated by the 3D display and reflected from the mirror through the polarization filters to produce a 3D effect.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the filters are formed on non-magnetic eyeglasses worn by the patient in the MRI magnet tunnel.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the mirror formed of a substrate of a non-magnetic optically isotropic material and a reflecting surface.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the polarization filters are formed on a mirror positioned in the MRI magnet tunnel so that the patient in the tunnel can view the 3D display.

12. A display system compatible with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus disposed in a magnet room for producing video images to a patient in an MRI magnet tunnel, the images having a three-dimensional (3D) effect, the system comprising:

a 3D display responsive to said video signals and disposed within said magnet room, said display including a display panel configured to generate optical images having 3D image content with separate left and right eye images, the 3D display further including a Faraday cage structure in which the display panel is disposed, the cage structure comprising:

an optically transparent window panel having an electrically conductive mesh with a mesh opening size sufficiently small to block RF signals generated by the display system from passing through the mesh and into the magnet room, and large enough to allow optical image rays from the display panel from passing through the window, the optically transparent window panel comprising a transparent optically isotropic material allowing optical image rays pass through without significantly affecting the 3D content of the images;

a front cover structure which circumscribes a window panel area,

a rear cover attached to a back of the front cover structure,

an internal mounting frame structure positioned between the front cover structure and the rear cover to support the display panel and the window panel,

the front cover structure, the rear cover and the internal mounting frame structure each fabricated of non-magnetic electrically conductive material.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the window panel comprises at least one layer of said transparent optically isotropic material, and said conductive mesh is adjacent a surface of said layer.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said at least one layer of said transparent optically isotropic material comprises a first layer and a second layer, and said conductive mesh is sandwiched between said first layer and said second layer.