Flexible multi-section MRI radio frequency array coil
US6650926B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/34084
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A MRI array coil includes a first anterior array and a second anterior array where the first and second anterior arrays each have a rigid longitudinal support, the supports being hingingly joined; and a first posterior array and a second posterior array. The first arrays are adapted to image a first volume of interest and the second arrays are adapted to image a second volume of interest, where the volumes of interest are longitudinally displaced.
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