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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Filips Van Liere, Best, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a medical instrument comprising () a magnetic resonance imaging receive antenna ('). The magnetic resonance imaging receive antenna comprises multiple antenna elements () each configured for receiving a magnetic resonance imaging radio-frequency signal. The magnetic resonance imaging receive antenna further comprises a radio-frequency receiver () connected to each of the multiple antenna elements, wherein the radio-frequency receiver is configured to receive the magnetic resonance imaging radio frequency signal and to convert the radio frequency signal to digital magnetic resonance data (). The magnetic resonance imaging receive antenna further comprises a digital combiner (). The digital combiner is configured to combine a weighted combination of the digital magnetic resonance data from each of the radio frequency signals into a chosen number of digital virtual magnetic resonance channels using a set of weighting factors (). The magnetic resonance imaging receive antenna further comprises a first digital communication transceiver () configured for transmitting the digital virtual magnetic resonance channels via a digital communication channel ().