The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2004
Dashen Chu, Hartland, WI (US);
Recardo Matias, Brookfield, WI (US);
Travis Monke, Shorewood, WI (US);
Phillip E. Steen, Delafield, WI (US);
Fraser J. L. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Dashen Chu, Hartland, WI (US);
Recardo Matias, Brookfield, WI (US);
Travis Monke, Shorewood, WI (US);
Phillip E. Steen, Delafield, WI (US);
Fraser J. L. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed to analogically combine MR signals from RF coils to form multiple sets of analogically combined MR signals, and then digitally combine the analogically combined sets of MR signals to provide a digitized signal set for image reconstruction. The analogical combining followed by the digital combining of acquired MR signals improves intrinsic SNR of the RF coils used for data acquisition from a field-of-view (FOV) without compromising FOV for simultaneous MR data acquisition.