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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Christoph Leussler, Hamburg, DE;
Christian Findeklee, Hamburg, DE;
Wilhelmus Reinerius Maria Mens, Vaught, NL;
Christoph Leussler, Hamburg, DE;
Christian Findeklee, Hamburg, DE;
Wilhelmus Reinerius Maria Mens, Vaught, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An RF volume resonator system is disclosed comprising a multi-port RF volume resonator (), like e.g. a TEM volume coil or TEM resonator, or a birdcage coil, all of those especially in the form of a local coil like a head coil, or a whole body coil, and a plurality of transmit and/or receive channels (T/RCh, . . . T/RCh) for operating the multi-port RF volume resonator for transmitting RF excitation signals and/or for receiving MR relaxation signals into/from an examination object or a part thereof. By the individual selection of each port (P, . . . P) and the appropriate amplitude and/or frequency and/or phase and/or pulse shapes of the RF transmit signals according to the physical properties of an examination object, a resonant RF mode within the examination object with an improved homogeneity can be excited by the RF resonator.