Multiple channel, microstrip transceiver volume array for magnetic resonance imaging
US6995561B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/345
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multiple channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the array coil includes a plurality of conductive strips formed within a dielectric medium. The conductive strips are further arranged into a generally cylindrical configuration, with each of the strips having a length (l), selected to cause each of the strips to serve as a resonator at a frequency corresponding to a proton MRI frequency. Thereby, the generally cylindrical configuration of conductive strips forms a multiple channel, volume resonator in which each of the strips is isolated from the remaining strips.
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