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Surface coil array receiver

US5160891A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 1990
Grant dateNov 3, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/3415
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Receiver circuitry for a surface coil array used in magnetic resonance diagnostic systems, said circuitry minimizes reflections and thus relaxes the prior art necessity for balancing the individual receiver channel for each array by obtaining quadrature signals from the acquired signals in processing circuitry located as close as possible process-wise to the display equipment.

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