6-channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging
US7382132B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3642
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution MR images of a carotid artery. A six-channel RF coil array has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a first region-of-interest (ROI) of an imaging patient. The six-channel RF coil also has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a second ROI of an imaging patient.
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