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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Akira Nabetani, Tokyo, JP;
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a phased-array coil having a highly homogeneous sensitivity region, an opposing coil set 10 composed of a pair of gutter-shaped coils 10a and 10b whose concave surfaces face each other, an opposing coil set 20 composed of a pair of gutter-shaped coils 20a and 20b whose concave surfaces face each other, an opposing coil set 30 composed of a pair of gutter-shaped coils 30a and 30b whose concave surfaces face each other, and an opposing coil set 40 composed of a pair of gutter-shaped coils 40a and 40b whose concave surfaces face each other are disposed around the center axis J of an imaginary cylinder at an angular spacing of 45.degree., with each coil overlapping the adjacent ones by about 10% of the coil surface area, to be assembled into a cylindrical shape as a whole.