DR. ROBERT MICHAEL NEWMAN, D. C.
Anesthesiologist Assistant at Vliet St, Milwaukee, WI

4719406, Jan 12, 1988

Feb 7, 1986

6/827846

Daniel J. Schaefer - Waukesha WI
Robert W. Newman - Milwaukee WI

General Electric Company - Milwaukee WI

G01R 3324

324318

There is provided a phantom for measuring a performance parameter of a nuclear magnetic resonance scanner capable of acquiring NMR data from a study object. The phantom is made up of a housing composed of a substantially non-NMR-active material, and positionable in use within a radio-frequency coil forming part of an NMR scanner. The phantom further includes a first medium disposed within the housing to load the radio frequency coil in a manner similar to that of a patient. The NMR properties of the medium are further selected such that an NMR signal, if any, produced by the medium occurs at a time other than when a performance parameter of said NMR scanner is measured. In the preferred embodiment, the phantom comprises two concentrically disposed cylinders of different diameters and a pair of end plates fastened to opposite ends of the cylinders. The first medium is disposed within the volume defined between the side walls of the cylinders and the end plates. A second medium is disposed within the volume defined within the innermost cylinder and generates the NMR test signals.

5396905, Mar 14, 1995

Mar 29, 1994

8/219579

Robert Newman - Milwaukee WI
Ralph S. Hashoian - Brookfield WI

General Electric Company - Milwaukee WI

A61B 1900, A61B 1908, G01R 3320

128849

A radio frequency coil for an magnetic resonance imaging system is integrated into a disposable surgical drape to permit imaging during a surgical procedure. The drape is formed by two sheets of flexible material with an adhesive applied to an exposed surface for adhering the drape to skin of a patient. A flexible radio frequency coil, tuned to the Larmor frequency, is sealed between the two sheets and surrounds an area of the drape through which an incision is made during surgery on the patient. A layer of material that is resistant to penetration by surgical instruments covers and protects the radio frequency coil during surgery.

4644276, Feb 17, 1987

Sep 17, 1984

6/650956

Thomas J. Sierocuk - Waukesha WI
Robert W. Newman - Milwaukee WI

General Electric Company - Milwaukee WI

G01R 3324

324307

Three-dimensional NMR phantom includes in the preferred embodiment a set of three mutually orthogonal test plates each configured to enable testing NMR scanner performance in each of the planes containing the plates. The plates are further arranged so as to be simultaneously positionable, in use, at the isocenter of the NMR scanner to permit testing NMR scanner performance in each plane without repositioning the phantom.