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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Krishna Nagaraj Kurpad, Madison, WI (US);
Steven M. Wright, College Station, TX (US);
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Inventors:
Krishna Nagaraj Kurpad, Madison, WI (US);
Steven M. Wright, College Station, TX (US);
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An MRI system includes an array of series resonant transmit elementsandincluding individual control of RF current in all elementsThe arrayandadjusts scan homogeneity during a scan or prescan phase by adjusting amplitude and phase. The arrayandalso selectively excites areas of interest, thus avoiding major power dissipation and avoiding heating in the patient.