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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Dashen Chu, Hartland, WI (US);
Robert S. Stormont, Hartland, WI (US);
Saban Kurucay, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Scott A. Lindsay, Dousman, WI (US);
Ricardo M. Matias, Brookfield, WI (US);
Anthony D. Defranco, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dashen Chu, Hartland, WI (US);
Robert S. Stormont, Hartland, WI (US);
Saban Kurucay, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Scott A. Lindsay, Dousman, WI (US);
Ricardo M. Matias, Brookfield, WI (US);
Anthony D. Defranco, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus including a magnetic resonance (MR) coil system that includes an MR coil element, a high input Pre-amplifier having a high input impedance field-effect-transistor (FET) with an impedance of one of substantially equal to 500 ohms and greater than 500 ohms, and a conductive path. The conductive path has a first end coupled to the MR coil element and a second end coupled to the high input Pre-amplifier such that the MR coil element is coupled in series with the high input Pre-amplifier. Further, the conductive path is free of a matching network intervening between the MR coil element and the high input Pre-amplifier.