Title :
Distributed instrumentation for magnetic resonance imaging
Author :
Jazayeri-Rad, Hooshang ; Browne, Mark ; Mackenzie, Iain ; Thornton, John ; Farid, Khalid
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Instrum. & Anal. Sci., Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK
Abstract :
A description is given of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) instrumentation system, and the advantages of a distributed processing approach to its implementation are discussed. Some of the functions are described, and it is shown that local intelligence in each of the units is essential. The decomposition of such complex instrumentation problems can ease the implementation and enables equipment to be enhanced and added without a major redesign.<>
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; biomedical equipment; distributed instrumentation; distributed processing; local intelligence; magnetic resonance imaging; medical diagnostic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94574
