Abstract: A system and method for magnetic resonance imaging assisted surgery. The system includes an antenna support assembly and an antenna that are used to acquire real time images of the surgical site that may be used by a surgeon to more accurately perform the surgical procedure. The method comprises acquiring real time images of the surgical site and feeding back the images to a surgeon performing the surgical procedure.

Abstract: In one aspect, a magnet comprising a pair of pole supports spaced apart from one another and extending in a generally horizontal direction. The magnet includes a pair of flux return members extending between the pole supports so as to define a frame, each of the flux return members including a first columnar section that extends parallel to the polar axis and a second columnar section that extends perpendicular to the polar axis and projects towards the pole. In another aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a ferromagnetic frame that is operative to support an upper pole member and a lower pole member along a vertical polar axis such that a gap is defined between the upper and lower pole members and an access floor that is isolated from the ferromagnetic frame and pole members for providing access to the gap.

Abstract: Fixtures for immobilizing a patient during magnetic resonance imaging.

Abstract: A patient bed support for maneuvering a patient in an open MRI system that includes an upper pole assembly and a lower pole assembly. In some embodiments, the patient bed support includes a frame for attaching the patient bed support to the lower pole assembly in the MRI system and a member rotatably attached to the frame such that at least a portion of the member rotates completely about a longitudinal axis of the lower pole assembly. In other embodiments, the frame may be a ring that is sized in order to position the ring around an upper portion of the lower pole assembly. In still other embodiments, the member may be a ring that is sized in order to position the ring around an upper portion of the lower pole assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus and method that tests an NMR system, including MRI scanners, by taking H-B measurements for the apparatus at any stage during the manufacture thereof, to thereby detect any defects of the NMR system at any point during the manufacture thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing three wire handheld soldering irons by touching the iron's tip to a single point sensor to measure (1) tip temperature (2), tip voltage to ground and (3) tip resistance to ground.

Abstract: A table includes a top connected to a support assembly comprising a plurality of inverted U-shaped integral components formed from elongated stock. A plurality of such components, equal in number to the number of table legs, are joined in series to provide a unitary support assembly of continuous bar stock with the juxtaposed ends of each pair of adjacent components being joined to form one leg of the table.