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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Mika Petri Ylihautala, Vantaa, FI;
Inventor:
Mika Petri Ylihautala, Vantaa, FI;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/365 (2013.01); G01R 33/3664 (2013.01);
Abstract
An RF transmit and/or receive antenna is disclosed, especially in the form of a coil structure or coil or loop arrangement, having one or more removable conductors, especially for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system or a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, for transmitting RF excitation signals (Bi field) for exciting nuclear magnetic resonances (NMR), and/or for receiving NMR relaxation signals. The RF antenna is provided such that it can be adapted in an easy way according to an application which either requires a large opening through the RF antenna or a parallel imaging capability.