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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jovan Jevtic, West Allis, WI (US);
Derek Seeber, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Ashok Menon, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
IGC Medical Advances, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
A local coil for magnetic resonance imaging employs a loop divided by a shunting conductor which reduces sensitivity and field strength at one end of the loop to provide improved homogeneity for different coil configurations.