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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ana Claudia Arias, Lafayette, CA (US);
Shimon Michael Lustig, Moraga, CA (US);
Anita M. Flynn, Oakland, CA (US);
Joseph Corea, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/34007 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/3628 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4902 (2015.01);
Abstract
A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) receiver includes a receiver coil on a substrate. The receiver coil includes one or more capacitors. The construction of the capacitors allows for the use of very flexible substrates and allows the capacitors themselves to be highly flexible. The increased flexibility permits the MRI receiver to be conformed to the body of a patient and accordingly improves the MRI process.