Abstract: A cable clip that ties cables together so that each cable can be easily identified, and that allows the bound cables to be easily transported and easily placed into their designated location. Additionally, the clip will also prevent cables from getting entangled, and allows specific cables to be easily removed and/or replaced while leaving all other cables in place. The cable clip is primarily designed for Thermocouple Cables (TC's), but can also be used with LAN Cables or any other type of cables.

Abstract: A cable clip that ties cables together so that each cable can be easily identified, and that allows the bound cables to be easily transported and easily placed into their designated location. Additionally, the clip will also prevent cables from getting entangled, and allows specific cables to be easily removed and/or replaced while leaving all other cables in place. The cable clip is primarily designed for Thermocouple Cables (TC's), but can also be used with LAN Cables or any other type of cables.

Abstract: A Clip Cable that can be used to hold cables together in an in-line and such organized manner. This allows the cables to be easily identified, and prevents the cables from getting entangled; since they will be spread-out widely so as to prevent them from twisting together. Additionally, the Cable Clip allows an individual or several individual cables to be removed and replaced, while leaving the other cables in-place. The Cable Clip allows binding cables quickly and securely, allows binding cables so that they can be identified, prevents cables from getting entangled, allows a specific cable to be easily replaced while leaving all other cables in place, and it is cheap. It saves a lot of work and time when used with thermocouples.

Abstract: Provided herein are carbon nanotubes disposed on a metal substrate containing one or more cavities, methods of making thereof and uses thereof. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided which includes carbon nanotubes carbon nanotubes disposed on a metal substrate containing one or more cavities.

Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus including a thermal interface material incorporating carbon nanotubes attached to a depression on a heat sink, where the thickness of the thermal interface material is greater than the depth of the depression on the heat sink and methods of making thereof. The thermal interface material may be further attached to a functional device(s) and transfers heat from the device(s) to the heat sink.

Abstract: An imaging technique is disclosed to reduce ringing artifacts from amplitude decay in MR multi-echo acquisition. A flip angle train is determined to match scan parameters for an MR scan to acquire MR data from a given tissue. Reducing the effects of amplitude decay in the echo signal reduces ringing artifacts and thereby improves image quality.

Abstract: An imaging technique is disclosed to reduce ringing artifacts from amplitude decay in MR multi-echo acquisition. A flip angle train is determined to match scan parameters for an MR scan to acquire MR data from a given tissue. Reducing the effects of amplitude decay in the echo signal reduces ringing artifacts and thereby improves image quality.

Abstract: A pulse sequence for time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) includes a fatsat segment, a magnetization transfer segment, and a spatial saturation segment that are applied by an MR apparatus to acquire MR data for image reconstruction with improved image quality. The pulse sequence is constructed such that at the beginning of each iteration of the inner loop of a 3D acquisition, a fatsat pulse is applied. After the fatsat pulse, MR data is acquired in a series of imaging segments with well-suppressed fat signal. Effective fat suppression is achieved by sampling central k-space data first, before signal from fat relaxes back to a pre-saturation level. Each imaging segment is immediately preceded by one of a MT pulse or a spatial saturation pulse and immediately followed by the other one of the MT pulse or the spatial saturation pulse.

Abstract: An MR imaging apparatus is presented and includes a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet to impress a polarizing magnetic field. An RF transceiver system and an RF switch are controlled by a pulse module to transmit and receive RF signals to and from an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images. The MR imaging apparatus also includes a computer programmed to apply a 3D imaging sequence and acquire MR data using a segmented acquisition. The computer is further programmed to reconstruct an image from the MR data that is substantially free of eddy current induced artifacts.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of MR scan prescription to achieve in a fast, simple, and effective manner the optimal peak excitation field strength for a given pulse shape and flip angle such that the minimum TR for the MR scan can be optimized and based on SAR constraints. The present invention provides a technique to obtain optimal B1 parameters for an arbitrary shape and flip angle of an excitation pulse in real-time while satisfying SAR and/or RF hardware limits to determine the minimum achievable repetition time for a pulse sequence. The present invention is particularly applicable with breath-hold and cardiac imaging techniques that are carried out at relatively high field strengths.

Abstract: A technique embodied in a method and apparatus is disclosed for acquiring MR images in 2D and 3D using a common pulse sequence switchable in real-time. The technique includes identifying a 3D imaging volume and applying a 3D pulse sequence having the slice encoding and rewinder gradients disabled in one dimension. The technique then allows localizing and monitoring by acquiring 2D MR data. When it is desirable to enter a 3D imaging mode, the slice encoding and rewinder gradients are re-enabled in the common pulse sequence for acquisition of 3D MR data.