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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2011
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/481 (2013.01);
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.


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