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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Susan Mathew, College Station, TX (US);
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Leroy Blawat, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John E Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Bernice E Hoppel, Delafield, WI (US);
Susan Mathew, College Station, TX (US);
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Leroy Blawat, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John E Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Bernice E Hoppel, Delafield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency, College Station, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution MR images of a carotid artery. A six-channel RF coil array has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a first region-of-interest (ROI) of an imaging patient. The six-channel RF coil also has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a second ROI of an imaging patient.