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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2015
David A. Feinberg, Bodega Bay, CA (US);
Scott M. Schillak, Minneapolis, MN (US);
David A. Feinberg, Bodega Bay, CA (US);
Scott M. Schillak, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Life Services, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for receiving (RX) radio-frequency (RF) signals suitable for MRI and/or MRS from MRI 'coil loops' (antennae) that are overlapped and/or concentric, and each of which has a preamplifier and frequency-tuning circuitry and an impedance-matching circuitry, but wherein the loops optionally sized differently and/or located at different elevations (distances from the patient's tissue) in order to extract signal from otherwise cross-coupled coil loops and to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in images made from the received signal.