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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Gary Mcbroom, Dousman, WI (US);
Anton Linz, Mukwonago, WI (US);
David Mcdaniel, Dousman, WI (US);
Edward Emaci, Brookfield, WI (US);
Gary McBroom, Dousman, WI (US);
Anton Linz, Mukwonago, WI (US);
David McDaniel, Dousman, WI (US);
Edward Emaci, Brookfield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) body coil assembly includes a coil support structure including an inner tubular member, an outer tubular member disposed radially outwardly from the inner tubular member, and a structural material disposed between the inner and outer tubular members, an RF coil mounted to an inner surface of the coil support structure, and a positron emission tomography (PET) detector assembly mounted to an outer surface of the coil support structure. A dual-modality imaging system is also described.