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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Takuma Kawai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Makoto Kato, Higashiokitama-Gun, KR;
Sadanori Tomiha, Nasushiobara, JP;
Takuma Kawai, Nasushiobara, JP;
Makoto Kato, Higashiokitama-Gun, KR;
Sadanori Tomiha, Nasushiobara, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An RF coil unit of an embodiment includes a plurality of first coil elements each having a first main loop which receives a magnetic resonance signal and a plurality of second coil elements each having a second main loop and a sub-loop protruding from a portion of the second main loop. Any combination of two coil elements chosen from the plural first coil elements and the plural second coil elements is arranged in an overlap area where areas surrounded by one and another one of the two coil elements overlap in such a way that the overlap area is located in an area surrounded by the first main loop.