General Electric Company

USA Instruments, Inc.

Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

Intermountain Intellectual Asset Management, LLC

Pei Hsuon Chan

Mark Xueming Zou

Joseph Murphy-Boesch

Labros S Petropoulos

Fraser Robb

Hiroyuki Fujita

Dashen Chu

Victor Taracila

Labros Petropoulos

Dan Kenrick Spence

Modhurin Banerjee

Richard Calvin Lute, Jr

Tsinghua Zheng

Aleksey Zemskov

Yiping Guan

Jason Lee Philps

Limin Feng

Sunyu Su

Miguel Angel Navarro, Ii

Scott Masiella

Vincent W Chen

Kun Qu

Rony Thomas

Yun-Jeong Yang

Matthias Gyori

Michael Oveson

Ghazi Mustafa

Kristen Frederick

Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency coil units for magnetic resonance imaging. In one example, a radio frequency (RF) coil unit for magnetic resonance imaging (MM) includes an outer layer forming an exterior of the RF coil unit, a pressure reservoir enclosed by the outer layer, wherein the pressure reservoir forms a sealed chamber, and an array of RF coil elements enclosed by the outer layer, wherein the array of RF coil elements is disposed outside of the sealed chamber of the pressure reservoir.

Radio frequency coil unit with pressure reservoir for magnetic resonance imaging

Radio-frequency (RF) traps and methods of common-mode energy damping are provided. One RF trap includes a body and a shutter holder rotatably coupled within the body, wherein the shutter holder is configured to rotate within the body about a longitudinal axis. The RF trap further including a magnetic flux shutter coupled to the shutter holder, wherein the magnetic flux shutter rotates within the body with the shutter holder to align the magnetic flux shutter at an angle within the body.

Radio-frequency traps and methods of common-mode energy damping

A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a first coil section and a second coil section mechanically coupled to the first coil section. The first coil section includes a first row of a plurality of double asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction and a second row of a plurality of double asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction. The first row and the second row are arranged along a superior-inferior direction. The second coil section includes a plurality of loop coils arranged around at least a portion of a perimeter of the first coil section.

RF coil array for cardiac and thoracic magnetic resonance imaging

A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a plurality of RF coil sections arranged in a superior-inferior direction. Each RF coil section includes a first linear coil element, a loop-saddle coil quadrature pair and a second linear coil element configured in an overlapping arrangement in a left-right direction. The position of the first linear coil element and the second linear coil element on the left and right may be shifted in the superior-inferior direction with respect to the center loop-saddle coil quadrature pair.

Quadrature and linear RF coil array for MRI of human spine and torso

A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a plurality of RF coil sections arranged in a superior-inferior direction. Each RF coil section includes a plurality of asymmetric saddle coil pairs configured in an overlapping arrangement in a left-right direction. The plurality of asymmetric saddle coil pairs may include three asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction. The position of the asymmetric saddle coil pairs on the left and right may be shifted in the superior-inferior direction with respect to the middle asymmetric saddle coil pair. In an alternative configuration, each RF coil section includes a first loop coil, an asymmetric saddle coil pair and a second loop coil arranged in a left-right direction.

Radio frequency (RF) coil array with double asymmetric saddle coil pairs

A RF array coil system and method for magnetic resonance imaging are provided. The array coil system includes an anterior coil section having a main anterior coil section and at least one secondary anterior coil section removably attachable to the main anterior coil section. The array coil system further includes a posterior coil section having a main posterior coil section and at least one secondary posterior coil section removably attachable to the main posterior coil section.

RF array coil system and method for magnetic resonance imaging

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) array coil system and method for breast imaging are provided. The MRI array coil system includes a top coil portion with two openings configured to receive therethrough objects to be imaged. The MRI array coil system further includes a bottom coil portion having two openings configured to access from sides of the bottom coil portion the objects to be imaged. The top coil portion and bottom coil portion each have a plurality of coil elements configured to provide parallel imaging.

Magnetic resonance imaging array coil system and method for breast imaging

A coil and method for a medical imaging are provided. The coil includes a first section and a second section. The first and second sections form a loop and are configured in a diagonal arrangement.

Diagonal-arranged quadrature MRI radio frequency array coil system for three dimensional parallel imaging

A partially parallel acquisition RF coil array for imaging a sample includes at least a first, a second and a third coil adapted to be arranged circumambiently about the sample and to provide both contrast data and spatial phase encoding data.

Coil arrays for parallel imaging in magnetic resonance imaging

A MRI array coil includes a plurality of first coils in a receive coil array and a plurality of second coils in a transmit coil array. The receive coil array and the transmit coil array are electrically disjoint.

Integrated and independently controlled transmit only and receive only coil arrays for magnetic resonance systems

A partially parallel acquisition RF coil array for imaging a human head includes at least a first, a second and a third loop coil adapted to be arranged circumambiently about the lower portion of the head; and at least a forth, a fifth and a sixth coil adapted to be conformably arranged about the summit of the head. A partially parallel acquisition RF coil array for imaging a human head includes at least a first, a second, a third and a fourth loop coil adapted to be arranged circumambiently about the lower portion of the head; and at least a first and a second Figure-8 or saddle coil adapted to be conformably arranged about the summit of the head.

Head coil arrays for parallel imaging in magnetic resonance imaging

A partially parallel acquisition RF coil array for imaging a human head having a summit and a lower portion includes at least a first, a second and a third quadrature coil pair adapted to be arranged circumambiently about the lower portion of the head; and at least a forth, a fifth and a sixth quadrature coil pair adapted to be conformably arranged about the summit of the head.

Head RF quadrature coil array for parallel imaging

A MRI array coil for imaging a patient having a head, and a torso, includes a base; a left handle extending from the base; a left head coil array attached to the left handle for proximity to the head; a right handle extending from the base; and a right head coil array mounted on the right handle for proximity to the head.

Multiple degree of freedom adjustable MRI radio frequency array coil system

A MRI array coil includes a first anterior array and a second anterior array where the first and second anterior arrays each have a rigid longitudinal support, the supports being hingingly joined; and a first posterior array and a second posterior array. The first arrays are adapted to image a first volume of interest and the second arrays are adapted to image a second volume of interest, where the volumes of interest are longitudinally displaced.

Flexible multi-section MRI radio frequency array coil

An MRI array coil system for neurovascular and spine imaging of a human includes a neck coil having a split top; a dome-like head coil having a dome region, the head coil being slidable between a closed position adjacent to the neck coil and an open position spaced away from the neck coil; a posterior torso coil attached to the neck coil; and an anterior torso coil adapted to cooperate with the posterior coil.

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