MRI/hyperthermia dual function antenna system
US5462055A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/4808
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An MRI machine RF body coil is arranged so that it can also function as a hyperthermia treatment apparatus by arranging the RF body coil as an array of individual antenna element connected to each other by individually controllable switches and feedthrough elements.
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