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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Robert John Amerling, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jiaqi Li, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Mark Giancola, Chesterland, OH (US);
Jason Lee Philps, Merton, WI (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes an MRI scanner having a bore. The MRI system also includes a table including a cradle and a posterior radio frequency (RF) receiving coil array assembly integrated on a top surface of the cradle, wherein the table is configured to move a subject to be imaged disposed on the RF receiving coil array assembly into and out of the bore of the MRI scanner, and wherein the posterior RF receiving coil array assembly comprises a plurality of sections, each section of the plurality of sections includes an RF coil including a plurality of loops, and at least one section of the plurality of sections is configured to be manipulated into a bent position and to remain in the bent position without extraneous support.