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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Heather Fuqua, Cleveland, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Cleveland, OH (US);
Mark Giancola, Cleveland, OH (US);
Robert Stormont, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/0555 (2013.01); G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/3621 (2013.01); G01R 33/3657 (2013.01); A61B 5/0055 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, low-cost radio frequency (RF) coil array of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a posterior RF coil assembly for a MRI system includes an RF coil array including a plurality of RF coils and a deformable material housing the plurality of RF coils, each RF coil comprising a loop portion of distributed capacitance wire conductors and a coupling electronics unit coupled to each of the plurality of RF coils.