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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2006
Applicants:

William E. Burdick, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Richard Louis Frey, Delanson, NY (US);

James Enrico Sabatini, Glenville, NY (US);

Inventors:

William E. Burdick, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Richard Louis Frey, Delanson, NY (US);

James Enrico Sabatini, Glenville, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An improved magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system () is provided. A plurality of receiver coils () may be configured to supply respective coil output signals based on a plurality of magnetic resonance response signals sensed by the receiver coils. Each receiver coil defines an enclosure constituting a Faraday cage. At least one circuit device () is disposed in the enclosure () to condition the coil output signal. This enclosure enables the circuit device () to be shielded from electromagnetic interference.


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