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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas A. Bock, London, CA;
R. Mark Henkelman, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ; G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ; G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
A plurality of objects are concurrently studied in a common MRI apparatus wherein the RF excitation is distributed to one plurality of K RF coils of N said pluralities of RF coils and one of each of said N is switched to a corresponding one of K RF receivers. The interaction of the several coils is further minimized by selectably detuning each coil except for an active coil(s).