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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Branislav M. Notaro{hacek over (s)}, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Milan M. Ilic, Belgrade, RS;
Alexey A. Tonyushkin, Quincy, MA (US);
Nada J. Sekeljic, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Pranav S. Athalye, Fort Collins, CO (US);
THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Boston, MA (US);
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
Example devices and methods of MRI scanning are disclosed herein. In an example, an MRI scanning system may include a structure defining a bore within which a subject is to be positioned for scanning. The system may also include a magnet to generate a primary magnetic field within the bore parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bore, and a helical-antenna radio-frequency (RF) coil oriented along the longitudinal axis to surround the subject. In addition, the system may include an RF signal generator to drive the helical-antenna RF coil to generate a circularly polarized (CP) RF magnetic field perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, as well as an RF detector to detect a response signal generated by tissues of the subject in response to the CP RF magnetic field. Also included may be a computing system to create an image of the tissues of the subject based on the detected response signal.