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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Taylan Dalveren, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Beachwood, OH (US);
Kolman Juhasz, Rocky River, OH (US);
Aleksey Zemskov, Solon, OH (US);
Fraser John Laing Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Robert Steven Stormont, Hartland, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, an RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a posterior end including a first set of flexible RF coils; an anterior end including a second set of flexible RF coils; a central section extending between the posterior end and anterior end, wherein the posterior end and the anterior end are bendable to the central section. Each flexible RF coil of the first set and second set of flexible RF coils includes a loop portion comprising a coupling electronics portion and at least two parallel, distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.