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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Stephen J. Riederer, Rochester, MN (US);
Clifton R. Haider, Rochester, MN (US);
Phillip J. Rossman, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen J. Riederer, Rochester, MN (US);
Clifton R. Haider, Rochester, MN (US);
Phillip J. Rossman, Rochester, MN (US);
MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a coil array for an MRI system that is designed to improve 2D accelerated imaging of an object having significantly different fields of view in two phase-encoding directions. This is achieved by having a first set of coil elements whose sizes are tuned to optimize acceleration along a first phase-encoding direction and a second set of coil elements whose sizes are tuned to optimize acceleration along a second-phase encoding direction. Images acquired in accordance with the present invention exhibit improved signal to noise ratio at a given acceleration factor when compared to images acquired using a traditional MR coil array.