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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Sriram Sambandamurthy, Murrysville, PA (US);
Robert J. Mckenney, Indianola, PA (US);
Sriram Sambandamurthy, Murrysville, PA (US);
Robert J. McKenney, Indianola, PA (US);
MEDRAD, Inc., Indianola, PA (US);
Abstract
A coil for use with a magnetic resonance (MR) system includes an outer loop having a first end and a second end formed from a conductive material for detecting MR signals oriented vertical to a plane of the coil. The outer loop has a plurality of capacitors therein including: (i) a first drive capacitor and a second drive capacitor of approximately equal value serially deployed within the outer loop at the first end of the outer loop with a junction node therebetween; and (ii) a third drive capacitor and a fourth drive capacitor serially deployed within the outer loop at the second end of the outer loop with a junction node therebetween. The coil also includes a first center conductor extending between and evenly bisecting the junction nodes of the outer loop and a second center conductor extending perpendicular to the first center conductor and evenly bisecting the outer loop.