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Local coil with segmented antenna device

US11480637B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Robert Rehner · Fairview Avenue, DE
Stephan Zink · Erlangen, DE
Thomas Kundner · Buckenhof, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3685
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography scanner has an antenna. The antenna has a conductor loop and a plurality of electronic function groups, which are arranged in a distributed manner spaced apart from one another along the conductor loop and are electrically connected to one another by flexible conductor segments.

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