Three dimensional RF coil structures for field profiling

US8193809B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

• Can E. Akgun · Woodbury, US
• Carl J. Snyder · Minneapolis, US
• Lance DelaBarre · Sauk Centre, US
• Steen Moeller · Golden Valley, US
• Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele · Minneapolis, US
• John Thomas Vaughan, Jr. · Stillwater, US
• Kamil Ugurbil · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/5659
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one illustrative embodiment, a radio frequency (RF) coil is disclosed. The RF coil may include a plurality of transmission line elements, wherein at least one of the plurality of transmission line elements may have at least one dimension different than a dimension of another one of the plurality of transmission line elements. In some cases, each of the transmission line elements may include a signal line conductor and a ground plane conductor separated by a dielectric.