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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:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;

Inventors:

Manabu Ishii, Otawara, JP;

Sadanori Tomiha, Nasushiobara, JP;

Hiroshi Hayakawa, Otawara, JP;

Assignee:

TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3692 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a first RF coil device, a radio communication unit and an image reconstruction unit. The first RF coil device is wirelessly connected to a second RF coil device, and receives a nuclear magnetic resonance signal wirelessly transmitted from the second RF coil device. The first RF coil device wirelessly transmits the nuclear magnetic resonance signal detect by the first RF coil device and the nuclear magnetic resonance signal obtained from the second RF coil device to the radio communication unit, via an induced electric field. The radio communication unit receives the nuclear magnetic resonance signals wirelessly transmitted from the first RF coil device via an induced electric field. The image reconstruction unit reconstructs image data on the basis of the nuclear magnetic resonance signals received by the radio communication unit.


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