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Circularly polarizing local antenna for a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus

US5280249A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 2, 1992
Grant dateJan 18, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 2, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/365
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a circularly polarizing local antenna for a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, a first antenna system is fashioned as a frame coil. A second antenna system has two sub-coils arranged lying opposite one another, which are both penetrated by the frame coil. The combination of the first and second antenna systems exhibits a circularly polarizing characteristic in a volume that lies inside the frame coil and outside the subcoils.

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