Flexible magnetic resonance (MR) coil array using electrical zipper contacts
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsChristoph Günther Leussler, Oliver Lips, Peter Vernickel, Peter Caesar Mazurkewitz, Christian Findeklee, Josef Scholz, Ingo Schmale
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil construction system includes MR coil sheets (20) comprising electrically conductive MR coil elements or MR coil element portions (22) disposed in electrically insulating sheets (26). The MR coil sheets have edges with connecting mechanisms (34, 48) configured to connect the MR coil sheets to construct an MR coil array (44).
Claims21
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil construction system, comprising:
- MR coil sheets comprising electrically conductive MR coil elements or MR coil element portions disposed in electrically insulating sheets;
- wherein the MR coil sheets have edges with connecting mechanisms configured to connect the MR coil sheets to construct an MR coil array,
- wherein the connecting mechanisms comprise zipper teeth.
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil construction system, comprising:
- MR coil sheets comprising electrically conductive MR coil elements or MR coil element portions disposed in electrically insulating sheets;
- wherein the MR coil sheets have edges with connecting mechanisms configured to connect the MR coil sheets to construct an MR coil array,
- one or more sensors configured to measure a patient characteristic of a patient;
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- at least one electronic processor programmed to output a recommended configuration of the MR coil array based on the measured patient characteristic.
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil construction system, comprising:
- MR coil sheets comprising electrically conductive MR coil elements or MR coil element portions disposed in electrically insulating sheets;
- wherein the MR coil sheets have edges with connecting mechanisms configured to connect the MR coil sheets to construct an MR coil array,
- a first part including at least the electrically conductive MR coil element portions;
- a second part including at least preamplifiers;
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- a zipper configured to connect the first part and the second part and electrically connect the preamplifiers to the electrically conductive MR coil portions.
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil array comprising:
- MR coil sheets, wherein each MR coil sheet comprises at least one electrically conductive MR coil element or MR coil element portion disposed in an electrically insulating sheet having at least one edge that includes zipper teeth;
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- one or more zippers securing the MR coil sheets together to form the MR coil array, each zipper being formed by interlocked zipper teeth of neighboring edges of different MR coil sheets of the MR coil array.
A method of constructing a magnetic resonance (MR) coil array, the method comprising:
- connecting MR coil sheets comprising electrically conductive MR coil elements or MR coil element portions together using edge connectors to construct the coil array, wherein the edge connectors comprise zipper teeth configured to connect the MR coil sheets by interlocking to define zippers connecting the MR coil sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.