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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Masahiro Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An MRI coil capable of improving an SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) includes a pair of multi-turn coils disposed to face each other in an x-direction across a space for accommodating a subject, and the center of turns of the first multi-turn coil is biased in a (−y)-direction, and the center of turns of the second multi-turn coil is biased in a (+y)-direction.