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Remote body arrays for high-performance magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

US8026721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Daniel K. Sodickson · Larchmont, US
Stephan Biber · Erlangen, DE
Markus Vester · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Wolfgang Renz · Erlangen, DE
Wilfried Schnell · Forchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2009
Grant date	Sep 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/34023
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method, radio frequency signals are radiated into an examination subject and/or received from the examination subject by an array of radio frequency coils that completely encircles the examination subject, and that is located at a distance from the examination subject out of contact with the examination subject.

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