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US 11,378,631 B2Granted
Adjustable MR local coil
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsThomas Kundner, Stephan Zink
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR) local coil and a magnetic resonance apparatus are provided. The MR local coil includes a plurality of substrates. At least one conductor loop is arranged on each substrate of the plurality of substrates. The plurality of substrates form a combined virtual surface. The plurality of substrates may be displaced with respect to one another tangentially to the virtual surface.
Claims17
A magnetic resonance (MR) local coil comprising:
- a plurality of substrates that form a combined virtual surface, the plurality of substrates being overlapping at least partially;
- at least one conductor loop arranged on each substrate of the plurality of substrates;
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- an enclosure that surrounds the plurality of substrates at least partially, such that the plurality of substrates and overlapping portions thereof are arranged inside the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises an aperture that corresponds to openings in respective adjacent and overlapping substrates of the plurality of substrates,
- wherein the MR local coil is configured to allow a displacement of the plurality of substrates with respect to one another tangential to the virtual surface.
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A magnetic resonance apparatus comprising:
- at least one magnetic resonance (MR) local coil, each MR local coil of the at least one MR local coil comprising:
- a plurality of substrates that form a combined virtual surface, the plurality of substrates being overlapping at least partially;
- at least one conductor loop arranged on each substrate of the plurality of substrates;
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- an enclosure that surrounds the plurality of substrates at least partially, such that the plurality of substrates and overlapping portions thereof are arranged inside the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises an aperture that corresponds to openings in respective adjacent and overlapping substrates of the plurality of substrates,
- wherein the respective MR local coil is configured to allow a displacement of the respective plurality of substrates with respect to one another tangential to the virtual surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.