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Detecting coil for magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus

US6141580A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1998
Grant dateOct 31, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/34084
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order not to nip the clothes or skin of a subject between the joining portions of coil members when a detecting coil for a magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus is fitted around a region of the subject such as the leg or neck, the detecting coil 100 for a magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus, which can be separated into an upper coil member 10 and a lower coil member 20 and has an annular shape when these members 10, 20 are integrally joined, is provided at the joining portions of the lower coil member 20 with guards 27, 28 of a silicone rubber having a hardness of Hs80.

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