1. A magnetic resonance compatible robot system comprising a robot body (4), a control cabinet (1) and a cable (6), the control cabinet (1) controlling the operation of the robot body (4) via the cable (6), characterized in that,

the robot body (4) comprises a motor (11) and an encoder (12), wherein an insulating film (30), a metal shielding layer (32) and an insulating shell (31) are sequentially arranged outside the motor (11) and the encoder (12).

2. The magnetic resonance compatible robot system according to claim 1, wherein the insulating film (30) is an insulating paint covering the outside of the motor (11) and the encoder (12), and the metal shielding layer (32) is a metal shielding film covering the inside of the insulating case (31).

3. A magnetic resonance compatible robot system according to claim 1, characterized in that the cable (6) comprises an encoder shielded cable (34) and a motor driven shielded cable (35) inside the robot body (4), both the encoder shielded cable (34) and the motor driven shielded cable (35) being made in flexible printed circuit board technology.

4. A magnetic resonance compatible robot system according to claim 3, characterized in that the cable (6) comprises a communication cable (15, 16) for communication and a motor drive cable (17, 18) for motor drive, the encoder shield cable (34) is connected with the communication cable (15, 16) via an encoder jumper box (21), and the motor drive shield cable (35) is connected with the motor drive cable (17, 18) via a motor drive line jumper box (22).

5. A magnetic resonance compatible robotic system according to claim 4, characterized in that the motor drive shielded cable (35) is integrated with a harmonic filter (36) at one end of the motor drive wire jumper box (22) for adjusting the electrical performance of the motor (11).

6. A magnetic resonance compatible robot system according to claim 4, characterized in that the communication cables (15, 16) and motor drive cables (17, 18) for motor drive are connected to the control cabinet (1) via low pass filters (19, 20), a dedicated ground (14) and a shielding wall (7), respectively, and the low pass filters (19, 20) are provided inside the shielding wall (7).

7. The MR-compatible robot system according to claim 4, wherein the motor drive cable (17, 18) comprises, in order from the inside to the outside, a conductor (27), a conductor insulation layer (28) disposed outside the conductor (27), a motor drive cable inner shield layer (26) covering the conductor insulation layer (28), an outer shield layer (25) disposed outside the motor drive cable inner shield layer (26), and an outer insulation layer (24) disposed outside the outer shield layer (25).

8. The MR-compatible robotic system according to claim 4, wherein the communication cables (15, 16) comprise, in order from inside to outside, a twisted pair (29), wherein a conductor insulation (28) is provided outside each conductor (27) of the twisted pair (29), a communication cable inner shield (41) provided outside the twisted pair (29), an outer shield (25) provided outside the communication cable inner shield (41), and an outer insulation (24) provided outside the outer shield (25).

9. A magnetic resonance compatible robot system according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the motor drive cable inner shield layer (26) is a double shield of a metal foil and a metal mesh grid, the communication cable inner shield layer (41) is a metal foil, and the motor drive cable and the communication cable outer shield layer (25) are a metal mesh grid.

10. A magnetic resonance compatible robot system according to claim 6 or 7 or 8, characterized in that the outer shielding (25), the motor drive cable inner shielding (26), the communication cable inner shielding (41), the housing of the low pass filter (19, 20) is connected with a dedicated ground (14), wherein the dedicated ground (14) is grounded via a shielding wall (7).

11. A magnetic resonance compatible robotic system according to claim 1, characterized in that the control cabinet (1) has an aluminum housing and the aluminum housing is connected to a protective earth (37).

12. A magnetic resonance compatible robotic system according to claim 1, further comprising a driver (13), the driver (13) for driving the motor (11), the driver (13) comprising a controller (38) and a linear power amplifying circuit, the controller (38) for generating a drive signal and the linear power amplifying circuit for linear power amplifying the drive signal.

13. A magnetic resonance compatible robotic system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the linear power amplifying circuit comprises a biasing circuit (39) and an amplifying circuit (40), the biasing circuit (39) being arranged to isolate a dc voltage component of each amplifying circuit (40) and to provide a bias voltage to the amplifying circuit (40), the amplifying circuit (40) being arranged to amplify the drive signal.

Background

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has excellent soft tissue contrast and spatial resolution in any direction and presents less radiation hazard than Computed Tomography (CT). In addition, MRI images can be used to examine tissue properties in the body and to observe the position of the surgical instrument in the body. In the case of liver cancer, MRI can identify lesions less than 20 mm in diameter, and ultrasound and CT have difficulty locating such small lesions. Robotic minimally invasive surgery based on MRI guidance has become an increasingly widespread application and urgent need.

However, there are very limited interventional surgical robotic products currently on the market that are suitable for MRI environments. The reason for this is the multiple challenges faced in developing MRI guided surgical robots. For example, MRI two-way compatibility requirements: on one hand, the electrical system of the robot cannot interfere with the scanning function of MRI and cannot cause image artifacts, and on the other hand, the magnetic field, the gradient field, the radio frequency field and the like of the MRI equipment cannot interfere with the normal use of the electrical system of the robot. As another example, the spatial limitations of MRI scanning apertures present a significant challenge to the electrical design of surgical robots. To meet MRI compatibility requirements, the layout of electronic components and electrical shielding measures need to be considered.

In patent document US8,275,443B2, the robot and the sequential scanning cannot run simultaneously: once the motor is energized, the quality of the MRI image degrades, presenting noise and artifacts. The degradation of the MRI image quality will also increase if the motor is running. The reason is that although the ultrasonic motor is suitable for use in an MRI environment, the drive electronics that control the operation of the motor typically generate noise on the MRI image. Typically, motor driver electronics generate radio frequency noise when they are energized. In addition, long cables used for motor drive and communication may act as radio frequency signal antennas that emit interfering MR imaging procedures. This interference occurs in the form of noise and artifacts on the MRI images. This is a typical problem preventing the ultrasound motor from running simultaneously with the MRI scan. A widely accepted solution is to run the motor when the sequential scanning is stopped and vice versa. However, this method does not allow real-time interventional procedures.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a magnetic resonance compatible robotic system that at least partially solves the problems in the prior art.

The invention provides a magnetic resonance compatible robot system which comprises a robot body, a control cabinet and a cable, wherein the control cabinet controls the operation of the robot body through the cable, the robot body comprises a motor and an encoder, and an insulating film, a metal shielding layer and an insulating shell are sequentially arranged outside the motor and the encoder.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the insulating film is an insulating paint covering the exterior of the motor and the encoder, and the metal shielding layer is a metal shielding film covering the interior of the insulating shell.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the cable comprises an encoder shielding cable and a motor driving shielding cable which are positioned inside the robot body, and the encoder shielding cable and the motor driving shielding cable are both manufactured by adopting a flexible printed circuit board technology.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the cables comprise a communication cable for communication and a motor driving cable for motor driving, the encoder shielding cable is connected with the communication cable through an encoder jumper box, and the motor driving shielding cable is connected with the motor driving cable through a motor driving wire jumper box.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, a harmonic filter is integrated at one end of the motor drive line jumper box of the motor drive shielding cable, and is used for adjusting the electrical performance of the motor.

According to a specific implementation of the embodiment of the present invention, the communication cable and the motor drive cable for motor drive are connected to the control cabinet via a low pass filter, a dedicated ground, and a shield wall, respectively, and the low pass filter is disposed inside the shield wall.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the motor drive cable sequentially comprises a conducting wire, a conducting wire insulating layer arranged outside the conducting wire, an inner shielding layer covering the conducting wire insulating layer, an outer shielding layer arranged outside the inner shielding layer and an outer insulating layer arranged outside the outer shielding layer from inside to outside.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the communication cable sequentially comprises a twisted pair from inside to outside, wherein a conductor insulating layer is arranged outside each conductor in the twisted pair, an inner shielding layer is arranged outside the twisted pair, an outer shielding layer is arranged outside the inner shielding layer, and an outer insulating layer is arranged outside the outer shielding layer. The two shields constitute a double shield.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the inner shielding layer and the double shielding layer are double shielding layers of metal foil and metal woven mesh.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the outer shielding layer, the inner shielding layer and the double shielding layer are connected with a special ground.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the housing of the low-pass filter is made of metal with good conductivity and is connected with a special ground. According to a particular implementation of the embodiment of the invention, the control cabinet has an aluminum housing and the aluminum housing is connected to a protective ground.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the invention, the robot system further comprises a driver, the driver is used for driving the motor, the driver comprises a controller and a linear power amplification circuit, the controller is used for generating a driving signal, and the linear power amplification circuit carries out linear power amplification on the driving signal.

According to a specific implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the linear power amplifying circuit includes a bias circuit and an amplifying circuit, the bias circuit is configured to isolate a dc voltage component of each amplifying circuit and provide a bias voltage to the amplifying circuit, and the amplifying circuit is configured to amplify the driving signal.

The magnetic resonance compatible robot system in the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a robot body, a control cabinet and a cable, the control cabinet controls the operation of the robot body via the cable, the robot body includes a motor and an encoder, and an insulating film, a metal shielding layer and an insulating case are sequentially disposed outside the motor and the encoder. By the processing scheme disclosed by the invention, the compatibility of the robot system and the MRI system can be improved, and the noise and artifacts on the MRI image are greatly reduced, so that the real-time image-guided interventional operation is realized.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a system architecture and operating environment of a robotic system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a control cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the shielding and grounding of the electrical system of the robotic system of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a motor drive cable according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view of a communication cable of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a circuit schematic of the motor driver.

In the figure, 1-control cabinet, 2-workstation, 3-MRI control room, 4-robot body, 5-MRI scanning room, 6-cable, 7-shielding wall, 8-filter, 9-MRI workstation, 10-doctor, 11-motor, 12-encoder, 13-motor driver, 14-special ground, 15/16-communication cable, 17/18-motor drive cable, 19/20-filter, 21-encoder jumper, 22-motor drive line jumper, 23-interface board, 24-outer insulation, 25-outer shield, 26-motor drive cable inner shield, 27-wire, 28-wire insulation, 29-twisted pair, 30-insulation, 31-an insulating shell, 32-a metal shielding layer, 33-a cable joint shell, 34-an encoder shielding cable, 35-a motor driving shielding cable, 36-a harmonic filter, 37-a protective grounding, 38-a controller, 39-a biasing circuit, 40-an amplifying circuit and 41-a communication cable inner shielding layer.

Detailed Description

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are described below with specific examples, and other advantages and effects of the present disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure in the specification. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely illustrative of some, and not restrictive, of the embodiments of the disclosure. The disclosure may be embodied or carried out in various other specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes may be made in the details within the description without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. It is to be noted that the features in the following embodiments and examples may be combined with each other without conflict. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It is noted that various aspects of the embodiments are described below within the scope of the appended claims. It should be apparent that the aspects described herein may be embodied in a wide variety of forms and that any specific structure and/or function described herein is merely illustrative. Based on the disclosure, one skilled in the art should appreciate that one aspect described herein may be implemented independently of any other aspects and that two or more of these aspects may be combined in various ways. For example, an apparatus may be implemented and/or a method practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. Additionally, such an apparatus may be implemented and/or such a method may be practiced using other structure and/or functionality in addition to one or more of the aspects set forth herein.

It should be noted that the drawings provided in the following embodiments are only for illustrating the basic idea of the present disclosure, and the drawings only show the components related to the present disclosure rather than the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation, and the type, amount and ratio of the components in actual implementation may be changed arbitrarily, and the layout of the components may be more complicated.

In addition, in the following description, specific details are provided to facilitate a thorough understanding of the examples. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the aspects may be practiced without these specific details.

The magnetic resonance compatible robot system provided by the invention can meet the magnetic resonance compatibility of an electrical system, simultaneously operate the robot system and MRI scanning, and effectively reduce the noise and artifacts in MRI images in the system operation process, thereby realizing real-time image-guided interventional operation.

Next, a magnetic resonance compatible robot system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Integral arrangement

First, a system architecture and a working environment of a robot system of an embodiment of the present invention are described with reference to fig. 1. The robot system comprises a control cabinet 1, a workstation 2, a robot body 4, a cable 6 and a filter 8, wherein the workstation 2 is in communication connection with the control cabinet 1, and the control cabinet 1 is connected with the robot body 4 through the cable 6 via the filter 8 so as to control the operation of the robot body 4.

Furthermore, the robotic system of the present invention may cooperate with an MRI system, which may be a conventional MRI system and which may comprise an MRI apparatus and an MRI workstation 9, to enable robotic surgery under guidance of the MRI system.

In the present invention, the workstation 2 is an operating console of the robotic system, which may be implemented as one or more navigation planning computers having user interaction interfaces. The workstation 2 is connected to the control cabinet 1 and the MRI workstation 9, respectively. In operation, an operator, such as a surgeon 10, issues commands to workstation 2 through a user interface of workstation 2, workstation 2 transmits the commands to control cabinet 1, and control cabinet 1 provides power and control commands to robot body 4 via cable 6, causing surgical robot 4 to execute the commands. It should be understood that in the present invention, the robotic system and the MRI system may also include other components not shown.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of the control cabinet 1 of the present invention. The control cabinet 1 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU)101 as a control unit. Further, the control cabinet 1 includes a Read Only Memory (ROM)102, a Random Access Memory (RAM)103, and a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) 104. Further, the control cabinet 1 includes an interface I/F105. The ROM 102, RAM 103, HDD 104, and I/F105 are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus. A basic program for causing the CPU 101 to operate is stored in the ROM 102. The RAM 103 is a storage device in which various data such as calculation processing results of the CPU 101 are temporarily stored. The HDD 104 is a storage device in which the result of the calculation processing of the CPU 101 is stored, and is also used to record therein programs for causing the CPU 101 to execute various controls. The CPU 101 controls the operation of the robot body 4 by a program recorded in the HDD 104.

In the present invention, in order to reduce the influence of the strong magnetic field of the MRI apparatus and the like on the electronic devices (for example, the MRI workstation 9) of the MRI apparatus itself and the electronic devices (for example, the motor driver 13) of the robot system, the MRI apparatus is placed in the MRI scan room 5, the MRI workstation 9 is placed in the MRI control room 3, and the MRI scan room 5 and the MRI control room 3 may be separated by, for example, the shielding wall 7, thus reducing the influence of the strong magnetic field in the MRI scan room 5 on the electronic devices in the MRI control room 3. That is, the MRI apparatus is provided separately from its control apparatus.

Furthermore, in order to effectively reduce the interference of the electromagnetic interference and the radio frequency signal generated by the electronic device of the robot system to the MRI system, the invention places the control cabinet 1 and the workstation 2 of the robot system in the MRI control room 3, and places the robot body 4 driven by the ultrasonic motor in the MRI scanning room 5. That is, the control cabinet 1, the workstation 2, and the MRI workstation 9 are placed in the MRI control room 3, and the robot body 4 and the MRI apparatus are placed in the MRI scanning room 5, and the control cabinet 1 and the robot body 4 are connected by the shielded cable 6, so that electromagnetic interference and radio frequency signal interference can be reduced by reducing the electronic devices in the MRI scanning room 5 as much as possible.

In the present invention, the main electrical components of the robot body 4 include the motor 11 and the encoder 12, the main electrical components of the control cabinet 1 include the motor driver 13, and the cable 6 may include a communication cable for communication and a motor driving cable for motor driving. The control cabinet 1 and the robot body 4 are connected by a cable 6 using a shielding measure, the cable 6 passes through a shielding wall 7 between the MRI scanning room 5 and the MRI control room 3 via a filter 8, and the filter 8 may be embedded in the shielding wall 7. Thus, the utilization rate of space is improved, and electromagnetic interference and radio frequency signal interference are reduced as much as possible. More specifically, by thus arranging the respective components of the robot system, the compatibility of the robot system with the MRI system can be improved.

In the present invention, the motor 11 may be an ultrasonic motor, but may be another type of electromagnetic compatible motor, and the encoder 12 may be a general encoder.

In addition, the robotic system of the present invention incorporates shielding, grounding, and filtering, which can greatly reduce noise and artifacts on the MRI images when using an ultrasound motor. These features of the robotic system of the present invention are further described below in conjunction with the following figures.

Arrangement of motor and encoder

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the electrical system shielding and grounding of the robotic system of the present invention. In the present invention, the main electrical components of the robot body 4 include the motor 11 and the encoder 12, the main electrical components of the control cabinet 1 include the motor driver 13, and the cable 6 may include a communication cable 15/16 for communication and a motor drive cable 17/18 for motor driving.

Since the motor 11 and the encoder 12 are disposed in the MRI scanner room 5, electromagnetic compatibility and insulation thereof have an important influence on improving MRI image quality and safety of an operator.

In the present invention, the motor 11 of the robot body 4 and the encoder 12 are both MRI compatible and do not contain ferromagnetic material. At least one layer of insulating film 30 is arranged outside the motor 11 and the encoder 12 to improve the insulation level and the safety protection level of the motor 11 and the encoder 12. The insulating film 30 may be, for example, an insulating paint, and is covered on the outside of the motor 11 and encoder 12 case.

In addition, in order to prevent bidirectional radio frequency signal interference between the motor 11 and the encoder 12 and the MRI apparatus, a faraday cage or a metal shielding layer 32 is also required to be provided outside the motor 11 and the encoder 12. The metal shield 32 needs to be connected to a cable shield described later, and cable joint housings 33 of an encoder shield cable 34 and a motor drive shield cable 35.

In addition, an insulating shell 31 is required to be arranged outside the metal shielding layer 32 to meet the requirements of the insulating grade and the safety protection grade.

That is, in the present invention, the insulating film 30, the metal shielding layer 32 and the insulating case 31 are sequentially disposed outside the motor 11 and the encoder 12, so that both the shielding requirement and the insulating and safety protection requirement are satisfied.

Because the robotic system needs to accommodate the small space within the MRI equipment, the electrical components also need to be of a relatively compact design. Therefore, the metal shielding layer 32 of the present invention is not a separate shielding case, but a metal shielding film covered inside the insulating case 31, and the metal shielding film may be, for example, a metal plating layer, and may also be a metal paint. Further, the insulating film 30 may be an insulating paint covering the outside of the motor 11 and encoder 12 case. The compact shielding insulation design of the invention can effectively solve the problem of bidirectional compatibility between the motor 11 and the encoder 12 and MRI equipment in a narrow space.

Arrangement of cables

In the present invention, the cable 6 includes a plurality of parts, and the cable located inside the robot body 4 includes an encoder shield cable 34 and a motor drive shield cable 35, wherein the encoder shield cable 34 is used for communication of the encoder, and the motor drive shield cable 35 is used for driving of the motor 11. Both the encoder shield cable 34 and the motor drive shield cable 35 may be made using a flexible printed circuit board technique, in which one end is connected to the motor 11 and the encoder 12, respectively, via the cable joint housing 33, and the other end is connected to the motor drive line jumper box 22 and the encoder jumper box 21, respectively. The motor drive line jumper box 22 and the encoder jumper box 21 respectively integrate the motor drive lines and the encoder signal lines of all joints together, and the number of cables connected to the control cabinet is reduced by combining the same signal lines, and meanwhile, a mechanical fixing method is provided for the connector.

In the present invention, the motor drive shield cable 35 is integrated with a harmonic filter 36 at one end of the motor drive line jumper box 22, and by filtering, the electrical performance of the motor 11 can be adjusted.

In the present invention, the encoder shield cable 34 and the motor drive shield cable 35 for controlling each joint of the robot body 4 adopt the flexible printed circuit board technology, so that the design and wiring of the encoder shield cable 34 and the motor drive shield cable 35 inside the robot body 4 are realized to adapt to the narrow and limited space inside the MRI apparatus and inside the robot body 4. The circuit has the advantages of good shielding effect, light weight, thin thickness, small volume, good flexibility, easy bending and folding, convenient installation and perfect integration with the structure of the robot body 4. And the dynamic bending can be achieved at the moving part of the robot body 4, so that the restriction of the encoder shielding cable 34 and the motor driving shielding cable 35 on the moving range of the robot body 4 is removed.

In the present invention, the cable 6 further includes a communication cable 15/16 for communication and a motor drive cable 17/18 for motor drive, the encoder shield cable 34 inside the robot body 4 is connected to the communication cable 15/16 via the encoder jumper box 21, and the motor drive shield cable 35 is connected to the motor drive cable 17/18 via the motor drive line jumper box 22. In the present invention, the motor drive cable 17/18 of the motor 11 and the communication cable 15/16 of the encoder 12 are both double shielded and connected to the control cabinet 1 via the low pass filter 19/20, the dedicated ground 14, and the shield wall 7. The use of a dedicated ground 14 allows a better shielding effect than a protection ground, since the protection ground is usually connected to ground by a long ground cable and there are usually many other devices that are also grounded by the protection ground, and therefore the protection ground is not considered as a "clean" ground. While the dedicated ground 14 is connected to the shielding wall 7, the shielding wall 7 serves to shield radio frequency noise, thereby being able to provide a more reliable and "clean" ground than a protection ground.

In the present invention, two filters 19/20 are located in the middle of the communication cable 15/16 and the motor drive cable 17/18, respectively. The communication cable 15 connects all encoders, including position/speed encoders, zero position sensors, limit position sensors, force sensors, etc., from the encoder jumper 21 to the input of the filter 19. The communication cable 16 connects the output of the filter 19 to an interface board 23 in the control cabinet 1. A motor drive cable 18 connects all drive outputs of the motor driver 13 in the control cabinet 1 to the input of a filter 20. The motor drive cable 17 connects the motor power connections of all the motors 11 from the output end of the filter 20 to the motor drive line jumper box 22, and the motor drive line jumper boxes 22 are connected to the respective joint motors 11 of the robot body 4, respectively.

Next, shielding of the communication cable 15/16 and the motor drive cable 17/18 is described with reference to fig. 4A and 4B, where fig. 4A is a cross section of the motor drive cable 17/18 and fig. 4B is a cross section of the communication cable 15/16.

As shown in fig. 4A, the motor drive cable 17/18 includes several individually shielded cables, each cable for powering one motor 11. The outermost side of the motor drive cable 17/18 is the outer insulation layer 24, and within the outer insulation layer 24 is an outer shielding braid, i.e., outer shield 25, which may be, for example, a tin-plated copper sleeve. In the present invention, each cable 6 has a separate shield, i.e., the motor drive cable inner shield 26. That is, a separate motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 is provided for the cable 6 of each motor 11. In fig. 4A, each motor 11 has 4 cables for driving it.

In the present invention, the motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 is a double shield layer of a metal foil and a metal woven mesh, and more specifically, may be a double shield layer of an aluminum foil and a tin-plated copper woven mesh. The double shielding of the metal foil and the metal mesh grid may cover 100% of the wire insulation 28 outside the wires 27 and thus may provide better radio frequency noise shielding than a single shielding. In other words, in the present invention, the motor drive cable 17/18 includes, in order from inside to outside, a conductive wire 27, a conductive wire insulating layer 28 disposed outside the conductive wire 27, a motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 covering the conductive wire insulating layer 28, an outer shield layer 25 disposed outside the motor drive cable inner shield layer 26, and an outer insulating layer 24 disposed outside the outer shield layer 25.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the outer shield 25 and the inner shield 26 of the motor drive cable are connected to the dedicated ground 14 of the shield wall 7 for shielding radio frequency noise, more reliable and "clean" than the protection ground.

Similar to the motor drive cable 17/18, the outermost side of the communication cable 15/16 is the outer insulation layer 24, and the inner side of the outer insulation layer 24 is the outer shielding braid, i.e., the outer shielding layer 25, and the outer shielding braid 25 may be, for example, a metal braided mesh. Inside the outer shield braid 25 is an inner shield layer 41 of the communication cable having a metal foil shield.

In the present invention, the metal foil in the shielding material may be an aluminum foil, and the metal mesh grid may be a tin-plated copper braid. The shielding material used must have good electrical conductivity. Aluminum foil plus tin-plated copper was chosen because it strikes a good balance between shielding effectiveness and cost. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that alternative radio frequency shielding materials may be used, and other options may be bare copper, silver or gold.

In the present invention, the twisted pair 29 is provided in the inner shield layer 41 of the communication cable. A twisted pair is a cable formed by twisting two insulated conductors 27 to each other. The communication cable 15/16 is arranged in such a way that the electric wave radiated by each wire in the transmission process can be counteracted by the electric wave emitted by the other wire, so that the degree of external signal interference can be effectively reduced. In other words, in the present invention, the communication cable 15/16 includes twisted pairs sequentially from inside to outside, wherein each conductor of the twisted pairs is provided with a conductor insulation layer outside, the communication cable inner shield layer 41 arranged outside the twisted pairs, the outer shield layer 25 arranged outside the communication cable inner shield layer 41, and the outer insulation layer 24 arranged outside the outer shield layer 25.

In the invention, the outer shielding layer 25, the motor drive cable inner shielding layer 26 and the communication cable inner shielding layer 41 are connected with the special grounding 14 of the shielding wall 7, are used for shielding radio frequency noise, and are more reliable and clean than protection grounding.

As can be seen from the above description, the main differences of the communication cable 15/16 from the motor drive cable 17/18 are the state in which the wires 27 are present and the motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 and the communication cable inner shield layer 41.

Specifically, unlike the communication cable 15/16 in which the conductors 27 are twisted pair to reduce signal interference during communication, the conductors 27 in the motor drive cable 17/18 are in the form of a single conductor 27 because the signal transmitted by the motor drive cable 17/18 outputting power is a single-ended unbalanced drive signal and the signal transmitted by the communication cable 15/16 is a differential balanced signal.

In addition, the motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 is a double shield layer woven by metal foil and metal, the communication cable inner shield layer 41 is metal foil, and the reason for arranging the motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 and the communication cable inner shield layer 41 in this way is that the motor drive cable 17/18 is a high-voltage, high-frequency and relatively large current signal, and electromagnetic interference to a magnetic resonance image is mainly generated by the motor drive cable 17/18, so the shielding requirement is higher, therefore, the motor drive cable inner shield layer 26 adopts double shielding, and the outer shield layer 25 still needs to be added. Unlike the motor drive cable 17/18, the communication cable 15/16 is primarily low voltage, low frequency, and low current signals, and has little effect on magnetic resonance images, so shielding need not meet the high requirements of the motor drive cable 17/18, thereby saving cost.

Arrangement of control cabinet

In the present invention, the control cabinet 1 has an aluminum housing in which all the control electronics are located, the aluminum housing of the control cabinet 1 being connected to the protective earth 37. The control cabinet 1 adopts aluminum shell shielding and grounding at the same time, and can effectively shield radio frequency noise.

Arrangement of a drive

In the present invention, the motor driver 13 controls the operation of the motor 11, and the motor driving power is transmitted to the motor 11 through the motor driving cable 18, the filter 20, and the motor driving cable 17.

Fig. 5 is a schematic circuit diagram of the motor driver 13. The motor driver 13 of the present invention employs a linear driving technique and includes a controller 38, a bias circuit 39 and an amplifier circuit 40, wherein the controller 38 includes a high performance microprocessor to generate traveling waves, thereby providing an optimal driving signal for the motor 11 and driving the motor 11 after linear power amplification. Wherein, the controller 38 controls the speed of the motor 11 by converting the traveling wave frequency; the linear power amplifying circuit is used for linear power amplification and comprises a bias circuit 39 and an amplifying circuit 40, wherein the amplifying circuit 40 is used for amplifying a driving signal to +/-200V or 400V peak voltage, the bias circuit 39 is used for isolating direct current voltage components of the amplifying circuits 40 and providing bias voltage required by the amplifying circuits 40 to normally work, and the amplifying circuits 40 are enabled to normally work.

The conventional motor driver 13 in the market generally adopts a switching mode to generate a square wave signal to drive the ultrasonic motor 11, because the switching mode can achieve high efficiency, and the driver has low heat generation, small volume and low cost. However, the square wave signal generated by the switching mode generally contains many higher harmonics, and these higher harmonics can generate high electromagnetic interference during transmission, thereby causing influences such as shadows, bright spots, image distortion and the like on the MRI image.

In contrast, the linear driving technique adopted in the invention generates a single-frequency pure sine wave, has less high-frequency harmonic components, and can reduce the interference on the MRI image. And because the best driving mode of the traveling wave ultrasonic motor is two-phase sine wave driving with 90 degrees of phase difference, the sine wave generated by the linear driver is the driving signal which is most suitable for the ultrasonic motor. Therefore, the invention improves the motor driver to generate purer sine waves for driving the motor, reduces the influence of an electrical system on MRI imaging, and meets the requirement of the robot and MRI scanning on real-time performance.

Arrangement of filters

MRI devices are typically sensitive to signals of a particular frequency range. For example, a 3.0T MR scanner operates at a frequency of 127.8MHz and is sensitive to radio frequency signals around that frequency. In the present invention, the noise of this frequency and higher frequencies is reduced by providing the low-pass filters 19 and 20. A "low pass" filter means that only low frequency signals will pass, while high frequency signals will be filtered out. The filtering parameters will depend on the magnetic field strength, larmor frequency, motor parameters, cable parameters, signal frequency and bandwidth, signal power, operating voltage and current, load impedance, etc. In the present invention the housing of the filter is connected to a dedicated ground 14. The comprehensive grounding, shielding and filtering technology can effectively reduce radio frequency noise and eliminate interference and artifacts, so that the system and the MR scanning can run simultaneously.

The robot system of the invention can improve the compatibility of the robot system and the MRI system and greatly reduce the noise and artifacts on the MRI image by arranging the insulating film, the metal shielding layer and the insulating shell outside the motor and the encoder in sequence and adopting the design of integrating shielding, filtering and grounding.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.