Patent · US Expired

Radio-frequency antenna for a magnetic resonance apparatus

US5523689A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

2References

3Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ralph Oppelt · Uttenreuth, DE
Wilhelm Duerr · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 1995
Grant date	Jun 4, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/56518
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A radio-frequency antenna for a magnetic resonance apparatus has an antenna conductor in the form of a ribbon conductor. The ribbon antenna conductor has interconnects arranged side-by-side. Neighboring interconnects are connected to one another via bridges that conduct radio-frequency currents.

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