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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Xinqiang Yan, Nashville, TN (US);
John C. Gore, Nashville, TN (US);
William A. Grissom, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/365 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/3635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-decoupled RF coil and method for adjusting the same is disclosed. The RF coil is an array of elements including at least one loop. Electromagnetic coupling between elements in the array causes an induced current in the at least one loop. The induced current has two modes. A reactance inserted in the at least one loop balances the two modes. The balanced current modes cancel. This cancelation results in self-decoupling of at the least one loop from the other elements in the RF coil array.