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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1995
Randall W Jones, Elkhorn, NE (US);
Fred Davis, LaVista, NE (US);
Other;
Abstract
A surface coil system for single channel MRI reception comprising a coil system including a plurality of self-resonant, overlapping coil conductor sections arranged relative to one another and to anatomical regions of a patient such that a combination of regions form a desired larger region of interest, a control unit located remotely from the coil system and electromagnetically communicating therewith, having means for selectively electronically activating and deactivating each coil section to produce MRI output signals when activated, means for combining selected MRI output signals, and means for electrically connecting the coil system to an MRI system to transmit selected MRI signals to the MRI system.