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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Graeme C. Mckinnon, Hartland, WI (US);
Daniel J. Weyers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Inventors:
Graeme C. McKinnon, Hartland, WI (US);
Daniel J. Weyers, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An RF coil apparatus for generating an elliptical polarization field includes an RF coil assembly having a pair of independent drive channels connected thereto. The drive channels are driven such that an elliptical polarization field is generated in a volume-of-interest within the RF coil assembly. The elliptical polarization field is generated about a subject having a generally elliptical cross-section disposed within the volume-of-interest.