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System and method for inductively communicating data

US8823378B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

20Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Christopher Judson Hardy · Niskayuna, US
Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo · Clifton Park, US
Robert Steven Stormont · Hartland, US
Kenneth William Rohling · Porter Corners, US
Selaka Bandara Bulumulla · Niskayuna, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2010
Grant date	Sep 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3415
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for inductively communicating signals in a magnetic resonance imaging system is presented. The system in one embodiment includes a first array of primary coils disposed on a patient cradle of the imaging system, and configured to acquire data from a patient positioned on the patient cradle. Additionally, the system includes a second array of secondary coils disposed under the patient cradle, wherein a number of secondary coils is less than or equal to the number of primary coils, wherein the first array of primary coils is configured to inductively communicate the acquired data to the second array of secondary coils.

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