Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Spectrometer components
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-07
2006-02-07
Arana, Louis (Department: 2859)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Spectrometer components
C324S322000, C600S421000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06995561
ABSTRACT:
A multiple channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the array coil includes a plurality of conductive strips formed within a dielectric medium. The conductive strips are further arranged into a generally cylindrical configuration, with each of the strips having a length (l), selected to cause each of the strips to serve as a resonator at a frequency corresponding to a proton MRI frequency. Thereby, the generally cylindrical configuration of conductive strips forms a multiple channel, volume resonator in which each of the strips is isolated from the remaining strips.
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Boskamp Eddy Benjamin
Lee Ray F.
Arana Louis
Cantor & Colburn LLP
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
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