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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Leussler, Hamburg, DE;
Jan Hendrik Wuelbern, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) antenna device () applies an RF field to an examination space () of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system (). The RF antenna device () includes a plurality of rungs () arranged substantially parallel and in an azimuthally substantially equally spaced relationship along an outside of a virtual cylinder () with a cylinder axis () running parallel to main directions of extension (). At least one transversal antenna member () electromagnetically is coupled to at least one rung () of the plurality of rungs (). The at least one transversal antenna member () is arranged within a plane substantially perpendicular to the main directions of extension () of the plurality of rungs (). At least one RF circuit () is provided for each rung () of the plurality of rungs () for mutual decoupling and for individually feeding RF power into the at least one transversal antenna member ().