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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
Marinus J. A. M. Van Helvoort, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert P. Kleihorst, Eindhoven, NL;
Diana M. F. Geraats, Eindhoven, NL;
Marinus J. A. M. Van Helvoort, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert P. Kleihorst, Eindhoven, NL;
Diana M. F. Geraats, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An MRI system () comprises a housing () defining an examination space () for receiving a body for examination, a patient table () being displaceable into and out of the examination space (), a magnetic field generating system () for generating a magnetic field in the examination space (), and an electromagnetic resonance receive system () which comprises a set of dedicated receive coils (). According to the invention at least one dedicated receive coil () is fixedly attached to the housing ().