# US 12,601,799 B2 · Magnetic resonance devices and radiofrequency coils thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,799 B2 - Document ID: US12601799B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/401,319 - Filed: 2023-12-29 - Published: 2024-07-04 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-29 - Assignees: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shang Xu; Shihao Chen; Yunlei Yao; Hai Lu; Dashen Chu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601799B2 ## CPC - G01R 33/34084: {implantable coils or coils being geometrically adaptable to the sample, e.g. flexible coils or coils comprising mutually movable parts} - G01R 33/34007: {Manufacture of RF coils, e.g. using printed circuit board technology; additional hardware for providing mechanical support to the RF coil assembly or to part thereof, e.g. a support for moving the coil assembly relative to the remainder of the MR system} - G01R 33/3415: comprising arrays of sub-coils {, i.e. phased-array coils with flexible receiver channels} - G01R 33/3621: {NMR receivers or demodulators, e.g. preamplifiers, means for frequency modulation of the MR signal using a digital down converter, means for analog to digital conversion [ADC] or for filtering or processing of the MR signal such as bandpass filtering, resampling, decimation or interpolation} - G01R 33/3664: {Switching for purposes other than coil coupling or decoupling, e.g. switching between a phased array mode and a quadrature mode, switching between surface coil modes of different geometrical shapes, switching from a whole body reception coil to a local reception coil or switching for automatic coil selection in moving table MR or for changing the field-of-view (G01R33/3671 takes precedence)} - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) ## Abstract Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a magnetic resonance device and a radiofrequency coil thereof. The radiofrequency coil includes at least one coil portion. Each of the at least one coil portion includes one or more flexible protective layers and one or more flexible coil units. The one or more flexible coil units are disposed on the one or more flexible protective layers and used to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal of an object. The at least one coil portion includes a first array and a second array, the first array being configured to be disposed about a first part of the object with a first curvature, the second array being configured to be disposed about a second part of the object with a second curvature, or form a hyperbolic surface structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radiofrequency coil, comprising at least one coil portion, a transmission line, and a preamplifier; wherein, each of the at least one coil portion includes one or more flexible protective layers and one or more flexible coil units, and the one or more flexible coil units are disposed on the one or more flexible protective layers and used to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal of an object; the at least one coil portion includes a first array and a second array, the first array being configured to be disposed about a first part of the object with a first curvature, the second array being configured to be disposed about a second part of the object with a second curvature, or form a hyperbolic surface structure; a first end of the transmission line is connected to the one or more flexible coil units, a second end of the transmission line extends outside the one or more flexible protective layers, the transmission line is used to achieve impedance matching between the one or more flexible coil units; the transmission line is a flexible conductive wire; the impedance matching is achieved by designing a size of the transmission line to provide a characteristic impedance for the one or more flexible coil units; and the preamplifier is disposed outside a carrying range of the one or more flexible protective layers, and the preamplifier is connected to the second end of the transmission line extending outside the one or more flexible protective layers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radiofrequency coil of claim 1, wherein the one or more flexible protective layers and the one or more flexible coil units are void of any capacitive and inductive lumped components. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The radiofrequency coil of claim 1, wherein the at least one coil portion further includes a transition part; the first array, the second array, and the transitional part are separable structures that allow for disassembly connection; the first array is disposed about a jaw region of the object, the transitional part is disposed about a neck region of the object, and the second array is disposed about a root of the neck region of the object; the first array is connected with the second array by the transition part to form the hyperbolic surface structure matching the jaw region and the neck region of the object, and a curvature of the transition part is greater than the first curvature and the second curvature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The radiofrequency coil of claim 3, wherein a coil diameter of the flexible coil units in the first array is smaller than a coil diameter of the flexible coil units in the transition part, and the coil diameter of the flexible coil units in the transition part is smaller than a coil diameter of the flexible coil units in the second array. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The radiofrequency coil of claim 1, comprising a plurality of flexible coil units, wherein the radiofrequency coil further includes a channel selection controller that is connected to the one or more flexible coil units; and the channel selection controller is configured to identify, from the plurality of flexible coil units, a first flexible coil unit and a second flexible coil unit with an overlapping region of which an area exceeds a preset threshold; and stop receiving channel data from the first flexible coil unit or the second flexible coil unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The radiofrequency coil of claim 5, wherein the channel selection controller is configured to: receive channel data from the plurality of flexible coil units; determine one or more coupling parameters between any two flexible coil units of the plurality of flexible coil units based on a first noise matrix corresponding to the plurality of flexible coil units, the one or more coupling parameters indicating a noise matching status of the any two flexible coil units and being positively related to a degree of overlap between the any two flexible coil units; and designate two flexible coil units with the coupling parameter greater than a preset coupling parameter as the first flexible coil unit and the second flexible coil unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The radiofrequency coil of claim 5, wherein the channel selection controller is configured to: determine absolute noise values of the first flexible coil unit and the second flexible coil unit based on a second noise matrix corresponding to the plurality of flexible coil units; and determine, based on the absolute noise values of the first flexible coil unit and the second flexible coil unit, which one of the first flexible coil unit or the second flexible coil unit that the channel selection controller stops receiving channel data from. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The radiofrequency coil of claim 1, wherein the one or more flexible protective layers include a first flexible protective layer with an opening structure; and when the opening structure is closed, the first flexible protective layer forms the hyperbolic surface structure and covers a jaw region and a neck region of the object. ### Claim 9 A radiofrequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), comprising at least two coil portions, a transmission line, and a preamplifier; wherein each of the at least two coil portions including one or more flexible protective layers and one or more flexible coil units, with the one or more flexible coil units being disposed on the one or more flexible protective layers and used to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal of an object, wherein, at least one of the at least two coil portions is capable of bending in at least two directions, and a structure formed by the bending of the at least one of the at least two coil portions matches a target scanning region of the object; a first end of the transmission line is connected to the one or more flexible coil units, a second end of the transmission line extends outside the one or more flexible protective layers, the transmission line is used to achieve impedance matching between the one or more flexible coil units; the transmission line is a flexible conductive wire; the impedance matching is achieved by designing a size of the transmission line to provide a characteristic impedance for the one or more flexible coil units; and the preamplifier is disposed outside a carrying range of the one or more flexible protective layers, and the preamplifier is connected to the second end of the transmission line extending outside the one or more flexible protective layers. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The radiofrequency coil of claim 9, wherein the at least two coil portions include a first coil portion and a second coil portion; the first coil portion includes a first main part and a first protruding part; the second coil portion includes a second main part and a first concave part; the first protruding part cooperates with the first concave part to join the first coil portion and the second coil portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The radiofrequency coil of claim 10, wherein the second main part includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and the first concave part is formed with the second portion and the third portion located at two ends of the first portion, respectively; and the first portion is configured to bend in a first direction, the second portion is configured to bend in a second direction, and the third portion is configured to bend in a third direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The radiofrequency coil of claim 11, wherein there is an overlapping region between the bent second portion and the bent third portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The radiofrequency coil of claim 12, wherein the overlapped region is connected by a connecting component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The radiofrequency coil of claim 10, wherein a joining manner of the first coil portion and the second coil portion is seamless joining, layered joining, or overlapping joining. ### Claim 15 A radiofrequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), comprising at least one coil portion, a transmission line, and a preamplifier; wherein, each of the at least one coil portion includes one or more flexible protective layers and one or more flexible coil units, the one or more flexible coil units are disposed on the one or more flexible protective layers and used to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal of an object; a first end of the transmission line is connected to the one or more flexible coil units, a second end of the transmission line extends outside the one or more flexible protective layers, the transmission line is used to achieve impedance matching between the one or more flexible coil units; the transmission line is a flexible conductive wire; the impedance matching is achieved by designing a size of the transmission line to provide a characteristic impedance for the one or more flexible coil units; and the preamplifier is disposed outside a carrying range of the one or more flexible protective layers, and the preamplifier is connected to the second end of the transmission line extending outside the one or more flexible protective layers. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The radiofrequency coil of claim 15, wherein the radiofrequency coil includes at least two coil portions, at least one of the at least two coil portions is capable of bending in at least two directions, and a structure formed by the bending of the at least one of the at least two coil portions matches a target scanning region of the object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The radiofrequency coil of claim 15, wherein an electrical length of the transmission line for signal transmission is determined based on a wavelength of magnetic resonance signals to achieve the impedance matching. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The radiofrequency coil of claim 15, wherein the one or more flexible coil units include a transmission section for tuning, the one or more flexible coil units include a core wire and a ground wire, and the transmission section includes at least one of a first transmission section used to be equivalent to capacitance or a second transmission section used to be equivalent to inductance; and in the first transmission section, the core wire is connected, while the ground wire is disconnected, and in the second transmission section, the core wire is disconnected while the ground wire is connected.