Cylindrical-like single layer technology (SLT) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) array coil with at least one row as a birdcage coil in transmit mode
US11204401B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3657
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embodiments relate to cylindrical MRI coils with at least one row as a birdcage row in a transmit mode. One example embodiment is a MRI Radio Frequency (RF) coil array comprising two or more rows of four or more RF coil elements each. Each of the RF coil elements can be configured to resonate at a working frequency of the coil array in a receive mode. At least one of the rows can be configured as a birdcage coil in the transmit mode, and the two or more rows can inductively couple together such that all the two or more rows can resonate together in the transmit mode at the working frequency.
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