The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
J. Thomas Vaughan, Stillwater, MN (US);
Gregor Adriany, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Carl Snyder, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Can E. Akgun, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jinfeng Tian, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kamil Ugurbil, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Pierre-francois Van DE Moortele, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steen Moeller, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
J. Thomas Vaughan, Stillwater, MN (US);
Gregor Adriany, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Carl Snyder, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Can E. Akgun, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jinfeng Tian, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kamil Ugurbil, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steen Moeller, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A current unit having two or more current paths allows control of magnitude, phase, time, frequency and position of each of element in a radio frequency coil. For each current element, the current can be adjusted as to a phase angle, frequency and magnitude. Multiple current paths of a current unit can be used for targeting multiple spatial domains or strategic combinations of the fields generated/detected by combination of elements for targeting a single domain in magnitude, phase, time, space and frequency.