Array coil
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorKazuya Okamoto
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Abstract
An array coil according to an embodiment includes a plurality of element coils, a first electrically-insulative coupler, and a second electrically-insulative coupler. Each of the plurality of element coils has a first fixation point and a second fixation point. The plurality of element coils are two-dimensionally arrayed in a first direction and a second direction while overlapping one another. The first electrically-insulative coupler is configured to couple together two or more of the first fixation points in the first direction. The second electrically-insulative coupler is configured to couple together two or more of the second fixation points in the first direction.
Claims8
An array coil comprising:
- a plurality of element coils each of which has a first fixation point and a second fixation point and which are two-dimensionally arrayed in a first direction and a second direction while overlapping one another;
- a first electrically-insulative stick configured to couple together two or more of the plurality of first fixation points in the first direction, each of at least two of the two or more of the plurality of the first fixation points belonging to a different one of the plurality of element coils;
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- a second electrically-insulative stick configured to couple together two or more of the plurality of second fixation points in the first direction, each of at least two of the two or more of the plurality of the second fixation points belonging to a different one of the plurality of element coils.
An array coil comprising:
- a plurality of element coils each of which has a first fixation point and a second fixation point and which are two-dimensionally arrayed in a first direction and a second direction while overlapping one another;
- a first electrically-insulative coupler configured to couple together two or more of the plurality of first fixation points in different ones of the plurality of element coils in the first direction;
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- a second electrically-insulative coupler configured to couple together two or more of the plurality of second fixation points in different ones of the plurality of element coils in the first direction, wherein at least one selected from between the first electrically-insulative coupler and the second electrically-insulative coupler is positioned in a region other than a region in which the plurality of element coils are arranged so as to overlap one another in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.