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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Applicant:
Charles A. Saylor, Gainesville, FL (US);
Inventor:
Charles A. Saylor, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Invivo Corporation, Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention pertain to a resonator for use in magnetic resonance imaging. Embodiments of the subject invention pertain to a high-field mode-stable resonator for use in magnetic resonance imaging. Embodiments also pertain to a method of generating and/or receiving rf magnetic fields in a field of view (FOV) for magnetic resonance imaging. An embodiment can incorporate a shielded cylindrical resonator having 16 elements that are coupled to one another by a transmission line resonator.