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Patent No.:

US 8441258 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Pei H. Chan, Aurora, OH (US);

Yiping Guan, Aurora, OH (US);

Fraser J. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);

Sunyu Su, Hudson, OH (US);

Inventors:

Pei H. Chan, Aurora, OH (US);

Yiping Guan, Aurora, OH (US);

Fraser J. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);

Sunyu Su, Hudson, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/14 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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 first linear coil element, a loop-saddle coil quadrature pair and a second linear coil element configured in an overlapping arrangement in a left-right direction. The position of the first linear coil element and the second linear coil element on the left and right may be shifted in the superior-inferior direction with respect to the center loop-saddle coil quadrature pair.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chan, Pei. (2013). Quadrature and linear rf coil array for mri of human spine and torso (U.S. Patent No. 8441258). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8441258

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