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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Stephan Biber, Frauenaurach, DE;
Daniel Driemel, Öderan, DE;
Helmut Greim, Adelsdorf, DE;
Karsten Jahns, Buckenhof, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Biber, Frauenaurach, DE;
Daniel Driemel, Öderan, DE;
Helmut Greim, Adelsdorf, DE;
Karsten Jahns, Buckenhof, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A head coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a supporting body that carries a number of antenna elements. The supporting body has an end section that is shaped as a spherical cap. A butterfly antenna is mounted at the end section, and is annularly surrounded by at least one group antenna that overlaps the butterfly antenna.