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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Victor Taracila, Aurora, OH (US);
Miguel A. Navarro, Aurora, OH (US);
Darren C. Gregan, Aurora, OH (US);
Kolman Juhasz, Aurora, OH (US);
Sarah G. Leversee, Aurora, OH (US);
Fraser J. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
Victor Taracila, Aurora, OH (US);
Miguel A. Navarro, Aurora, OH (US);
Darren C. Gregan, Aurora, OH (US);
Kolman Juhasz, Aurora, OH (US);
Sarah G. Leversee, Aurora, OH (US);
Fraser J. Robb, Aurora, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An adjustable MRI head coil apparatus and MRI system include a fixture and a plurality of plates attached to the fixture. Each of the plurality of plates includes a plurality of RF receive elements arranged in a fixed orientation. The adjustable MRI head coil apparatus and MRI system also include an actuator mechanism configured to adjust the relative position of each of the plurality of plates in order to fit a variety of different patient head sizes.