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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Saikat Saha, Florence, SC (US);
Thomas Kwok-fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bruce Courtney Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jean-baptiste Mathieu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Robert Arvin Hedeen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Saikat Saha, Florence, SC (US);
Thomas Kwok-fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bruce Courtney Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Robert Arvin Hedeen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) coil for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a first end ring, a second end ring, and a plurality of rungs electrically coupled between the first and second end rings, each rung including a first rung portion formed from a plurality of conductors and a second rung portion formed from a single solid conductor. A resonance assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an MRI imaging system are also described herein.