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Follow on Google News | MRI Safe Linear Encoder For Medical ApplicationsBy: MICRONOR (IndustrialPR.net) The position sensor is immune to any electromagnetic interference, such as magnetic fields, lightning, high voltage and radiation. Being fabricated from non-ferrous and non-me tallic materials, the sensor is also completely transparent to electromagnetic fields. The sensor’s magnetic invisibility also makes it the ideal position sensor for use in Super Paramagnetic Relaxation Measurements in which extremely small magnetic fields are measured. These attributes allow the MR303 sensor to be safely used in and around the MRI bore and does not produce any imaging artifacts. This high precision linear encoder provides the means for performance enhancements of existing MRI systems as well as enabling new MRI applications and medical devices. Applications include MRI cradle position monitoring, MRI robots and MRI phantom training organs. The fiber optic linear incremental encoder system is ba sed on an innovative optical technique embodied in Micronor’s U.S. Patent 7,196,720 in which an electrically passive, all-optical sensor and remote controller are interconnected via a duplex fiber optic li nk. The system uses a coarse wavelength division multiplexing technique incorporating two lasers representing the A and B quadrature signals. An encoder film strip passes through the MR303 optical read head, modulating the A and B optical signals. The remote MR302-2 Controller provides both the optical input to the MR303 Sensor and processes the modulated optical return signal. The MR302-2 Controller features both A/B quadrature outputs and Modbus RTU serial interface for transparent integration into the user’s application. A discrete HOMING Input is used for internally presetting the absolute position while a discrete STATUS Output provides the direct means of monitoring the encoder’s system health. The controller contains a feature-rich Modbus communications protocol for ease of integration into the user’s control system. About Micronor Micronor Inc. was founded 2003 in Newbury Park, California. The founders accurately predicted the need for fiber optic kinetic sensors which provide immunity from lightning, EMI/RFI, radiation and magnetic fields. ba sed on an innovative and patented technology, using wavelength as the information carrier, the first product introduced to the market were the incremental encoders. These products are used in the transportation, mining, oil and gas industries for position sensing and controlling the speed of VFD drives. As an innovative and flexible company, Micronor offers a wide range of fiber optic sensors for measuring position, speed and temperature. Innovation and a deep technical fiber optics know-how allows Micronor to tackle challenging tasks for position measuring solutions that will work reliably in hostile environments. Micronor has also partnered with numerous companies solving and implementing measurement solutions for nuclear research, medical MRI applications and mining. For the original version on IndustrialPR visit: http://www.industrialpr.net/ End
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