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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:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Quality Electrodynamics, Llc, Mayfield Village, OH (US);

Inventors:

Xiaoyu Yang, Indiana, PA (US);

Tsinghua Zheng, Chesterland, OH (US);

Haoqin Zhu, Mayfield Village, OH (US);

Assignee:

Quality Electrodynamics, LLC, Mayfield Village, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/341 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3628 (2013.01); G01R 33/341 (2013.01); G01R 33/34046 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil array configured to operate in a transmit (Tx) mode or in a receive (Rx) mode, comprising: a plurality of rows configured in an anatomy-specific shape, a row including a plurality of RF coil elements, an RF coil element including an LC coil and a magnitude/phase control component, where the LC coil, upon resonating with a primary coil at the working frequency of the primary coil, generates a local amplified Tx field based on an induced current in the LC coil, where a magnitude or a phase of the induced current is independently adjustable, where the magnitude/phase control component is configured to adjust the magnitude or phase of the induced current, and where the magnitude or phase of the induced current of a first RF coil element is independently adjustable from that of a second, different RF coil element.


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