Adjustable head coil systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging

US10165961B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Vijayanand Alagappan · Streetsboro, US
• Fraser John Laing Robb · Aurora, US
• Miguel Navarro · Ewing, US
• Craig William Culver · Neosho, US
• Victor Taracila · Beachwood, US
• John Edward Ferut · Delafield, US
• Sarah Grace Leversee · Aurora, US
• Sanjay G. Mathias · Waukesha, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/34084
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for magnetic resonance imaging of anatomy including a head is provided. The system includes a base member, a plurality of support members, and a plurality of articulable reception units. The plurality of support members are movably fixed to the base member and configured to translate across a surface of the base member. Each support member is releasably securable to the base member in a plurality of positions along the surface of the base member. The articulable reception units are movable from an open position to a plurality of closed positions. Each reception unit comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) receive coil disposed within a body, with the body configured for abutment with a portion of a head. Each of the plurality of articulable reception units is releasably secured in the plurality of closed positions by at least one of the plurality of support members.