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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1990
Ralph Oppelt, Weiher, DE;
Horst Siebold, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A circularly polarizing RF antenna suitable for use in a magnetiic resonance imaging tomography apparatus has four current loops, each formed by two U-shaped conductors with the ends of the lateral legs of the U-shaped conductors disposed opposite to each other in mirror-symmetric fashion, and the ends of the lateral legs being bridged by a resonant capacitor. The current loops are arranged on a carrier which forms a portion of a hollow cylinder, and which is divided in an axial direction between two of the current loops, so that at least one of the current loops is removable without electrical contacts. A divisible RF antenna is thus achieved into which a head or a knee joint can be easily introduced for imaging.