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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Qiyuan MA, Milburn, NJ (US);
Erzhen Gao, Milburn, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Qiyuan Ma, Milburn, NJ (US);
Erzhen Gao, Milburn, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Time Medical Holdings Company Limited, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/3403 (2013.01); G01R 33/34023 (2013.01); G01R 33/3635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A whole body RF coil array module configured for cryogenic cooling for use in magnetic resonance imaging. The RF coil array may be a superconducting coil array, such as a high temperature superconducting (HTS) array. The RF coil array module provides sufficiently high signal-to-noise ratio and large field of view such that the RF coil array may be used in an MRI whole body system for diagnostic imaging of all body parts without requiring using special-purpose RF coils for different body parts.