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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jana M. Vincent, Kent, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Orange Village, OH (US);
Clyve Konrad R. Follante, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Mark Giancola, Chesterland, OH (US);
Yun-Jeong Stickle, Solon, OH (US);
Fraser J. L. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Robert Steven Stormont, Hartland, WI (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A supine torso radio frequency (RF) coil assembly for a magnetic resonance (MR) system is provided. The RF coil assembly includes an RF coil array and a lining. The RF coil array includes a plurality of RF coils each RF coil including a coil loop that includes a wire conductor, the wire conductor formed into the coil loop and a coupling electronics portion coupled to the coil loop. The plurality of RF coils form into a contoured portion, the contoured portion sized to receive at least part of a breast of a subject therein. The lining includes a contoured portion. The RF coil array is coupled to and distributed on the lining, the contoured portion of the RF coil array covering and conforming with the contoured portion of the lining.