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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Steven Stormont, Waukesha, WI (US);
Scott Allen Lindsay, Waukesha, WI (US);
Victor Taracila, Aurora, OH (US);
Ghazi Mustafa, Aurora, OH (US);
Nabeel M. Malik, Aurora, OH (US);
Fraser John Laing Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Dashen Chu, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, and low-cost radio frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a distributed capacitance loop portion comprising two parallel conductor wires encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material, the two parallel conductor wires maintained separate by the dielectric material along an entire length of the loop portion between terminating ends thereof, a coupling electronics portion including a pre-amplifier, and a coil-interfacing cable extending between the coupling electronics portion and an interfacing connector of the RF coil assembly.