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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Stephan Biber, Erlangen, DE;
Karsten Jahns, Buckenhof, DE;
Jörg Rothard, Litzendorf, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present embodiments relate to a local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography system. The local coil extends in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The local coil has a plurality of coil elements. At least some coil elements of the plurality overlap at least partly in a third direction running between the first direction and the second direction.