ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,539, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Promaxo Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for volumetric acquisition in a single-sided MRI scanner" was invented by Muller Francis De Matos Gomes (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing magnetic resonance imaging is provided. The method includes providing a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a radio frequency receive system comprising a radio frequency receive coil, and a housing, wherein the housing comprises a permanent magnet for providing an inhomogeneous permanent gradient field, a radio frequency transmit system, and a single-sided g...