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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jovan Jectic, West Allis, WI (US);
Ashok Menon, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Derek Seeber, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Assignee:
IGC Medical Advanced, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
A decoupling circuit for decoupling an local coil during the application of an RF excitation signal in a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a passive switching circuit for switching an inductor in parallel with a capacitive circuit in the local coil, and a discharge circuit for discharging residual currents from the circuit, therefore allowing for rapid coupling and decoupling of the local coil.