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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Seul Gi Park, Seoul, KR;
Seong Ho Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/365 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus using the RF coil assembly. The RF coil assembly includes a plurality of coils, and a plurality of distributed connecting elements to connect a first coil and a second coil of the coils. Each of the connecting elements is set to one of a short state and an open state. Isolation between the first coil and the second coil may vary depending upon the state of each of the connecting elements.