RF coil for MRI and MRI apparatus
US5760583A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/34046
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A RF coil for MRI is presented which is capable of optimizing current distributions and expanding a magnetic field uniform region using a saddle coil having wide elements also presented is an MRI apparatus using the RF coil. A RF coil for MRI, which includes main paths 1a and 1b provided in parallel to each other and connecting paths 1e, 1f, 1g and 1h for connecting the main paths to each other and is constructed in a saddle form, is configured so as to have slits 2e, 2f, 2g and 2h defined therein in the vicinity of regions where the connecting paths are respectively connected to the main paths.
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