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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Bernice E. Hoppel, Delafield, WI (US);
Leroy R. Blawat, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Cynthia F. Maier, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Elisabeth Carol Angelos, Hartland, WI (US);
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Bernice E. Hoppel, Delafield, WI (US);
LeRoy R. Blawat, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Cynthia F. Maier, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Elisabeth Carol Angelos, Hartland, WI (US);
Eddy Benjamin Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly of RF coils for bilateral imaging of a first and a second breast of the same person is disclosed. The assembly includes a first pair of coils having a first coil juxtaposed and underlapping a second coil, thereby defining juxtaposed edges of the first and second coils, and a second pair of coils having a third coil juxtaposed and underlapping a fourth coil, thereby defining juxtaposed edges of the third and fourth coils. The first coil has a first opening for receiving the first breast, the second coil has a second opening for receiving the second breast, the third coil substantially opposes the first coil, defining therebetween a first region for receiving the first breast, and the fourth coil substantially opposes the second coil, defining therebetween a second region for receiving the second breast.