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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (US);
Sung Min Sohn, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Djaudat S. Idiytullin, Minneapolis, MN (US);
J. Thomas Vaughan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael Garwood, Minneapolis, MN (US);
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for simultaneous radio frequency ('RF') transmission and reception for nuclear magnetic resonance applications, such as magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI') are described. The system includes a simultaneous transmit and receive (“STAR”) control system that compensates for the effects of load changes in a radio frequency (“RF”) coil due to the inevitable motion of living subjects (e.g., from subject motion, respiration, swallowing). The system also maintains a high transmit-receive isolation, even when scanning a subject using a continuous RF broad band sweep excitation.