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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Manabu Ishii, Otawara, JP;
Sadanori Tomiha, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shinji Mitsui, Nasushiobara, JP;
Mitsuo Takagi, Otawara, JP;
Miyuki Ota, Otawara, JP;
Satoshi Imai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/30 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34007 (2013.01); G01R 33/307 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/3642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil according to an embodiment is attachable to and detachable from connector embedded in a couchtop of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and forms a cable-free RF coil by being fitted with the connector and thereby joined with a coil element embedded in the couchtop, the cable-free RF coil corresponding to one area to be imaged of a subject.