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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1991
Hiroshi Hayakawa, Ootawara, JP;
Toru Aratani, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, , JP;
Abstract
An RF coil for MRI apparatus is provided which comprises a dielectric unit, such as a bobbin, plurality of coil conductors formed on the outer peripheral surface of the dielectric unit in a mutually adjacent relation to generate a magnetic field, and frame, such as a guard ring, provided on the inner surface of the dielectric unit to define a bobbin portion of the dielectric unit. An accommodation space is provided inside the bobbin to located a living substance to be examined, allowing an RF wave to be transmitted and received to and from the subject in the accommodation space. A plurality of openings are provided in the dielectric unit per se at a location of the bobbin portion. By so doing, it is possible to reduce an induction loss in the bobbin portion which would otherwise be damaging to the electrical function of the RF coil and to obtain an RF coil of an improved Q-factor.