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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a radio frequency (RF) shield device () for a magnetic resonance (MR) examination system (), whereby the RF shield device () comprises a first shield () and a second shield (), the first shield () and the second shield () are arranged with a common center axis (), the first shield () has a shield structure () different from a shield structure () of the second shield (), and the first shield () and the second shield () are designed in accordance with different modes of operation of a RF coil device (). The present invention also provides a radio frequency (RF) coil device () for a magnetic resonance (MR) examination system (), whereby the RF coil device () comprises a first coil () and in a second coil (), the first coil () and the second coil () are provided as birdcage coils, the first coil () and the second coil () are arranged with a common center axis (), the first coil () and the second coil () have rungs (), which are arranged non-parallel to the center axis () of the RF coil device (), the first coil () has a coil structure () different from a coil structure () of the second coil (), and the first coil () and the second coil () are switchable to be active for different modes of operation. The present invention further provides a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system (), comprising such a RF coil device () and/or such a RF shield device ().