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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert Steven Stormont, Waukesha, WI (US);
Scott Allen Lindsay, Waukesha, WI (US);
Dashen Chu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ricardo M. Matias, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); A61B 5/6803 (2013.01); G01R 33/3628 (2013.01); G01R 33/3685 (2013.01); A61B 5/0042 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/3657 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight and low-cost stretchable radio frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a RF coil assembly for a MRI system includes a loop portion comprising distributed capacitance conductor wires, a coupling electronics portion including a pre-amplifier; and a stretchable material to which the loop portion and coupling electronics portion are attached and/or enclosed therein.