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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Zhiyong Zhai, Eindhoven, NL;
Michael Andrew Morich, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/3875 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34053 (2013.01); G01R 33/34076 (2013.01); G01R 33/3678 (2013.01); G01R 33/3875 (2013.01); G01R 33/5659 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR) system includes a volume-type radio-frequency (RF) coil assembly having a volume coil with a plurality of ports and a ring coil with a plurality of ports (p') and which is situated about the volume-type coil. At least one controller is configured to selectively control a first transmit/receive (T/R) radio frequency (RF) channel to generate an output including RF quadrature signals to drive the volume-type coil and to selectively control a second T/R RF channel to generate an output including RF quadrature signals to drive the ring coil.