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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ceara Delmore Stack, Ravenna, OH (US);

Fraser John Laing Robb, Aurora, OH (US);

Victor Taracila, Beachwood, OH (US);

Robert Steven Stormont, Hartland, WI (US);

Luke Charles Smith, Saint Clairsville, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/34007 (2013.01); G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/3685 (2013.01); G01R 33/48 (2013.01); G01R 33/3657 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a radio frequency (RF) coil array for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, including: a flexible shell including an inner layer; and a plurality of flexible RF coils embedded within the inner layer, with each RF coil of the plurality of RF coils including two distributed capacitance wire conductors. In this way, the RF coil array may deform in order to conform to a body of a patient.


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