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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Djaudat Idiyatullin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Curt Corum, Shoreview, MN (US);
Michael Garwood, Medina, MN (US);
Donald Nixdorf, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gregor Adriany, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Djaudat Idiyatullin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Curt Corum, Shoreview, MN (US);
Michael Garwood, Medina, MN (US);
Donald Nixdorf, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gregor Adriany, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for producing an image using a radio frequency (RF) coil in a magnetic resonance imaging system (MRI). A static magnetic field (B) extends across a first and second region of interest (ROI). A local radio frequency (RF) coil, shaped like a dental arch, is positioned proximate to the ROIs, the ROIs being the upper and lower jaw of a subject. The RF coil and the subject are oriented in the static magnetic field (B) to align an axis extending through a loop of the coil with the Bdirection of the static magnetic field extending across the ROIs. A pulse sequence is then performed with the MRI system and the RF coil to acquire imaging data from the ROIs simultaneously while using a transverse component of an excitation field (B). The image data is reconstructed to create an image of the ROIs.