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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Kun Qu, Aurora, OH (US);
Pei H. Chan, Aurora, OH (US);
Tsinghua Zheng, Aurora, OH (US);
Joseph Murphy-boesch, Aurora, OH (US);
Labros S. Petropoulos, Burton, OH (US);
Kun Qu, Aurora, OH (US);
Pei H. Chan, Aurora, OH (US);
Tsinghua Zheng, Aurora, OH (US);
Joseph Murphy-Boesch, Aurora, OH (US);
Labros S. Petropoulos, Burton, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) array coil system and method for breast imaging are provided. The MRI array coil system includes a top coil portion with two openings configured to receive therethrough objects to be imaged. The MRI array coil system further includes a bottom coil portion having two openings configured to access from sides of the bottom coil portion the objects to be imaged. The top coil portion and bottom coil portion each have a plurality of coil elements configured to provide parallel imaging.