Patents Examined by Luois M. Arana
  • Method and system for reducing coupling in magnetic resonance RF coil arrays
    Patent number: 7106062
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device and a method of imaging a volume of interest is provided. According to one aspect of the present technique, the MRI device includes an attachment portion having a profile at least partially defined by a cross-section thereof, and an array of radio-frequency coils arranged with respect to each other to generally correspond to the profile. In an exemplary embodiment, each coil may have a first turn portion located radially closer to the attachment portion than a second turn portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Judson Hardy, Kenneth William Rohling, Jason Scott Pelc