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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Masaru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided for collecting magnetic resonance signals while applying a static magnetic field, a gradient magnetic field and an RF magnetic field to a subject to be imaged, and producing an image based on the magnetic resonance signals, the apparatus comprising: an RF coil for conducting at least one of the application of the RF magnetic field and reception of the magnetic resonance signals, in which RF coil, ratios of the electric currents flowing through a plurality of coil elements connected in parallel are adjusted by adjusting device.