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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
Ileana Hancu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Joseph Edward Piel, Scotia, NY (US);
William Thomas Dixon, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ileana Hancu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Joseph Edward Piel, Scotia, NY (US);
William Thomas Dixon, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A multi-frequency imaging radio frequency (RF) coil operational at three or more different frequencies, with a shifting frequency loop structure proximate the coil and switchably coupled to provide different frequencies when the loop structure is coupled to the coil. In one embodiment one of the frequencies is a proton frequency, one is a sodium frequency, and one of the frequencies is a carbon frequency. One example involves imaging examinations using hyperpolarized compounds.