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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Nabeel M. Malik, Missouri City, TX (US);
Eddy B. Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
John E. Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Scott A. Lindsay, Dousman, WI (US);
Inventors:
Nabeel M. Malik, Missouri City, TX (US);
Eddy B. Boskamp, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
John E. Lorbiecki, Hubertus, WI (US);
Scott A. Lindsay, Dousman, WI (US);
Assignees:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency, College Station, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of multi-directional acceleration for parallel imaging. An RF coil assembly is constructed to have a plurality of RF coils arranged in axial and tangential direction for image data acquisition with acceleration in at least two dimensions.