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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Pei H. Chan, Aurora, OH (US);
Dan K. Spence, Hartland, WI (US);
Fraser J. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Vincent W. Chen, Aurora, OH (US);
Modhurin Banerjee, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Beachwood, OH (US);
Pei H. Chan, Aurora, OH (US);
Dan K. Spence, Hartland, WI (US);
Fraser J. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Vincent W. Chen, Aurora, OH (US);
Modhurin Banerjee, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Beachwood, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a plurality of RF coil sections arranged in a superior-inferior direction. Each RF coil section includes a plurality of asymmetric saddle coil pairs configured in an overlapping arrangement in a left-right direction. The plurality of asymmetric saddle coil pairs may include three asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction. The position of the asymmetric saddle coil pairs on the left and right may be shifted in the superior-inferior direction with respect to the middle asymmetric saddle coil pair. In an alternative configuration, each RF coil section includes a first loop coil, an asymmetric saddle coil pair and a second loop coil arranged in a left-right direction.