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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yun-Jeong Stickle, Solon, OH (US);
Balint Franko, Aurora, OH (US);
Sarah Tenley, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Clyve Konrad Rosales Follante, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Patrick Quarterman, Long Beach, NY (US);
Nabeel Malik, Solon, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A radio frequency head coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The radio frequency head coil includes a body operative to be disposed on a head of a patient, and an extended lip disposed on the body and operative to receive a magnetic resonance signal. At least some of the magnetic resonance signal is emitted by a region of the patient disposed between a brain stem of the patient up to and including a vertebra of the patient.