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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Robert David Darrow, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system includes an imager adapted to obtain an image of a desired region of interest of a subject and a coil positioned on the desired region of interest of the subject. The coil includes a plurality of markings disposed at a plurality of locations on the coil. The imaging system also includes a position indication device having a user interface adapted to receive input from a user indicating which of the plurality of markings corresponds to a desired scan plane of the subject.