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Spine coil array

US8981777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventor

Stephan Biber · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 7, 2011
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

The present embodiments relate to a spine coil array for an imaging system that includes a number of coil elements. The density of the coil elements changes at least once from a first region to a second region in at least one direction within the spine coil array.

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