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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2016
Life Services Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brandon J. Tramm, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Charles A. Lemaire, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Matthew T. Waks, Coon Rapids, MN (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 a plurality of MRI 'coil loops' in each of a plurality of coil parts, each coil part having a subset of the total number of coil loops. In some embodiments, a first base part, optionally having no coils, is used to provide support of the plurality of coil parts, wherein the plurality of coil parts include a second part holding back-of-the-head coil loops, a third part holding right-side-of-the-head coil loops, a fourth part holding right-side-of-the-head coil loops, and a fifth part holding top-of-the-head coil loops. In some embodiments, the system provides for repeatable positioning, frequency tuning, and impedance matching such that experimental conditions can be replicated for later examinations of each of a plurality of patients having differing impacts on positioning, tuning and matching of the various coil parts.