Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which a compact pod insertable into the rectum for Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) examination of the prostate and containing two receive coils, each connected to transmit blocking and pre-tuned trap circuitry which can be superimposed within the pod in close proximity, can, without either circuit interfering with the other, efficiently gather, for imaging and tissue analysis, radio frequency signals emanating from magnetically disturbed nuclei in prostate tissue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 27, 2005
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2011
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
James S. Tropp, Paul D. Calderon, Daniel Blackburn Vigneron, Lucas Guillermo Carvajal, Konstantinos George Karpodinis