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Design And Evaluation Of An Mri-Compatible Linear Motion Stage., Mohammad Ali Tavallaei, Patricia M Johnson, Junmin Liu, Maria Drangova
Design And Evaluation Of An Mri-Compatible Linear Motion Stage., Mohammad Ali Tavallaei, Patricia M Johnson, Junmin Liu, Maria Drangova
Medical Biophysics Publications
PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate a tool for accurate, reproducible, and programmable motion control of imaging phantoms for use in motion sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appli cations.
METHODS: In this paper, the authors introduce a compact linear motion stage that is made of nonmagnetic material and is actuated with an ultrasonic motor. The stage can be positioned at arbitrary positions and orientations inside the scanner bore to move, push, or pull arbitrary phantoms. Using optical trackers, measuring microscopes, and navigators, the accuracy of the stage in motion control was evaluated. Also, the effect of the stage on image signal-to-noise …