RF coil and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

Details RF coil and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus RF coil and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

2007-06-05

2007-06-05

Shrivastav, Brij (Department: 2859)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Particle precession resonance

Spectrometer components

C324S307000, C324S309000, C600S421000, C600S422000, C600S410000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11392870

ABSTRACT:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus acquires magnetic resonance signals by the PI method using an RF coil unit having basic coils serving as surface coils which are arrayed with at least two coils along a static magnetic field direction (Z direction) and and at least two coils along each of two orthogonal x, y directions. The coils are divided into an upper unit and a lower unit. The upper unit and lower unit are fixed by a band or the like to allow them to be mounted on an object to be examined. The signals detected by the respective surface coils are sent to a data processing system through independent receiver unit and formed into a magnetic resonance image.

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