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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Fujita, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Mark Xueming Zou, Aurora, OH (US);
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Fujita, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Mark Xueming Zou, Aurora, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A RF receive coil system for imaging a breast on a human chest with a horizontal field MRI system includes a volume saddle coil adapted to be contoured about the chest; and a Helmholtz coil having a lower portion adapted to be contoured about the chest and an upper portion adapted to be above the chest The coils are operable in quadrature mode.