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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Washington DE Lima, Florence, SC (US);
Timothy John Havens, Florence, SC (US);
Saikat Saha, Florence, SC (US);
Tesfaye Kebede Kidane, Florence, SC (US);
Washington de Lima, Florence, SC (US);
Timothy John Havens, Florence, SC (US);
Saikat Saha, Florence, SC (US);
Tesfaye Kebede Kidane, Florence, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An RF body coil having enhanced acoustic deadening properties for an MR scanning apparatus is disclosed. The RF body coil includes an RF support form and RF electronics affixed to the RF support form, with the RF electronics comprising a plurality of RF legs. The RF support form further includes an inner structural layer, an outer structural layer, and a middle layer sandwiched between the inner structural layer and the outer structural layer, the middle layer comprising a layer of viscoelastic material configured to increase the mechanical damping of the RF body coil so as to reduce RF body coil vibration.