Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a flexible enclosure. The radio frequency receiving coil assembly also includes a flexible anchoring material disposed within the flexible enclosure. The radio frequency coil assembly further includes a radio frequency coil disposed within the flexible enclosure. The radio frequency coil includes a plurality of flexible coil elements coupled to the flexible anchoring material. Each flexible coil element of the plurality of flexible coil elements includes a plurality of bundles of conductive fibers entwined together. Each bundle of the plurality of bundles includes a plurality of the conductive fibers.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for an MRI system includes a flexible enclosure. The radio frequency receiving coil assembly also includes a radio frequency coil disposed within the flexible enclosure. The radio frequency coil includes a plurality of flexible coil elements having a bare malleable or stretchable conductor. The plurality of flexible coil elements includes a first set of flexible coil elements and a second set of flexible coil elements. At least one flexible coil element of the first set of flexible coil elements overlaps with at least one flexible coil element of the second set of flexible coil elements without respective bare malleable or stretchable conductors directly contacting each other.

Abstract: A current cable trap includes a first body half having a first end and a second end and a second body half having a third end and a fourth end. The first body half and the second body half are configured to be snapped together about a cable to form a toroid body. The current cable trap includes a first wire and a second wire wrapped around the first body half and the second body half, respectively. The current cable trap includes a first printed circuit board and a second printed board disposed within a first receptacle and a second receptacle, respectively, when the first body half and the second body half are snapped together. The first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board each provide electrical connection points with wire ends of both the first wire and the second wire.

Abstract: A wireless coil adaptor includes a first plug connector configured to be inserted within a receptacle connector of an MRI system, the receptacle connector being configured for receiving a second plug connector of a wired radio frequency (RF) coil. The wireless coil adaptor also includes a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless RF coil.

Abstract: An MRI system includes an MRI scanner having a bore and a table configured to move a subject to be imaged into and out of the bore. The MRI system includes a flexible RF receiving coil array integrated within the bore and electronically coupled directly to the MRI scanner, wherein the flexible RF receiving coil array remains in the bore regardless of a position of the table, and the flexible RF receiving coil array is located underneath the table when the table is located within the bore. The MRI system includes an automated mechanism configured to automatically move the flexible RF receiving coil array from underneath the table on a first side of the subject, to pull the flexible RF receiving coil array over the subject from the first side to a second side of the subject, and to fasten the flexible RF receiving coil on the second side.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a sensing system for monitoring the state of a system of components, and in particular, to a sensing system for monitoring the state of a system of components and for providing a warning when the state of any component within the system of components requires attention.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF receiving coil assembly also includes an RF coil disposed within the flexible enclosure, wherein the RF coil comprises a plurality of flexible loops having a malleable conductor. The RF receiving coil assembly further includes at least one cutout in the flexible enclosure located outside an area where the RF coil is disposed within the flexible enclosure. The at least one cutout is configured to provide a handle for handling the RF receiving coil assembly.

Abstract: A wireless coil adaptor includes a first plug connector configured to be inserted within a receptacle connector of an MRI system, the receptacle connector being configured for receiving a second plug connector of a wired radio frequency (RF) coil. The wireless coil adaptor also includes a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless RF coil.

Abstract: A preamplifier arrangement for an MRI system includes a preamplifier coupled to a loop of a multi-channel coil array of the MRI system, wherein the preamplifier and the loop are subject to potentially form an unstable system with oscillation at one or more peak frequencies. The preamplifier arrangement also includes an impedance matching network disposed between and coupled to the preamplifier and the loop. The impedance matching network is configured to generate a high blocking impedance. The preamplifier arrangement further includes an input network disposed between and coupled to the preamplifier and the loop. The input network is configured to provide an input to suppress gain at the one or more peak frequencies.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) multistage receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The RF multistage receiving coil assembly includes a plurality of RF coils, wherein each RF coil of the plurality of RF coils includes a plurality of flexible loops having a malleable conductor. The RF multistage receiving coil also includes a plurality of flexible enclosures, wherein a respective RF coil of the plurality of RF coils is disposed within a respective flexible enclosure of the plurality of flexible enclosures. The RF multistage receiving coil assembly is configured to be adjusted and disposed about an extremity of a subject to enable functional imaging of the extremity with the MRI system.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Abstract: An RF receiving coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a flexible enclosure. The RF coil assembly also includes an RF coil enclosed within the flexible enclosure. The RF coil includes a plurality of loops, each loop of the plurality of loops having a same perimeter.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for radio frequency coil assemblies for a magnetic resonance imaging system. In one example, a method comprises: flowing air through a plurality of airflow passages formed in a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system; and receiving magnetic resonance (MR) signals from an RF coil array of the RF coil assembly, wherein the RF coil array comprises a plurality of RF coil elements, each RF coil element having a loop portion which comprises two distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, and low-cost radio frequency (RF) trap for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a radio frequency (RF) trap assembly for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided, comprising a twinax wire assembly having a plurality of looped portions, each ones of the plurality of looped portions tangentially in contact with a shielded cable, and at least one support structure for substantially maintaining the shape of the plurality of looped portions, the support structure surrounding a portion of the shielded cable, wherein the twinax wire assembly is tuned to a frequency suitable for increasing the impedance of the shielded cable.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, and lowcost radio frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a distributed capacitance loop portion comprising at least three distributed capacitance conductor wires encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material, a coupling electronics portion including a preamplifier, and a coil-interfacing cable extending between the coupling electronics portion and an interfacing connector of the RF coil assembly.

Abstract: Various systems are provided for neck radio frequency (RF) coil assemblies for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a neck RF coil assembly includes a central RF coil array including a first plurality of RF coils configured to cover a neck of a subject to be imaged, an upper RF coil array including a second plurality of RF coils extending upward from the central RF coil array and configured to cover a lower head region of the subject, and a lower RF coil array including a third plurality of RF coils extending downward from the central RF coil array and configured to cover an upper shoulder region of the subject, wherein each RF coil of the first, second, and third pluralities of RF coils comprises a loop portion comprising two distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, a radio frequency coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes: a flexible spine; and at least two RF coil sections each coupled to the flexible spine and movable relative to each other, each RF coil section comprising at least one flexible RF coil, each RF coil including a loop portion comprising a coupling electronics portion and at least two parallel, distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, an RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a posterior end including a first set of flexible RF coils; an anterior end including a second set of flexible RF coils; a central section extending between the posterior end and anterior end, wherein the posterior end and the anterior end are bendable to the central section. Each flexible RF coil of the first set and second set of flexible RF coils includes a loop portion comprising a coupling electronics portion and at least two parallel, distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, and low-cost radio frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a distributed capacitance loop portion comprising two parallel conductor wires encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material, the two parallel conductor wires maintained separate by the dielectric material along an entire length of the loop portion between terminating ends thereof, a coupling electronics portion including a pre-amplifier, and a coil-interfacing cable extending between the coupling electronics portion and an interfacing connector of the RF coil assembly.