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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
James S. Tropp, Berkely, CA (US);
Paul Calderon, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Fraser Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Donald Mccune, N. Canton, OH (US);
Thomas Grafendorfer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Keerthi Shet, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James S. Tropp, Berkely, CA (US);
Paul Calderon, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Fraser Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Donald McCune, N. Canton, OH (US);
Thomas Grafendorfer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Keerthi Shet, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A dual-frequency coil array for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The coil array includes a first coil element having a pair of dual-frequency loop coils and a second coil element having a pair of dual-frequency loop coils. The coil array further includes at least one capacitive mesh configured to decouple the pairs of dual-frequency loop coils of the first and second coil elements.