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US 2007/0182414 A1Published application
Short element tem coil for ultra-high field mr
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsMichael Morich, Gordon Demeester, Zhiyong Zhai, Paul Harvey
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Abstract
A transverse electromagnetic (TEM) coil is provided. The TEM coil includes an electrically conductive shell and an end plate disposed at a first end of the shell. The TEM coil also includes a plurality of TEM elements disposed within the shell, the plurality of TEM elements being shorter than the shell.
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A transverse electromagnetic (TEM) coil comprising:
- an electrically conductive shell;
- an electrically conductive end plate disposed at a first end of the shell;
- and
- a plurality of TEM elements disposed within the shell, the plurality of TEM elements being shorter than the shell.
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A transverse electromagnetic (TEM) coil comprising:
- an electrically conductive shell;
- a first plurality of TEM elements having a first length disposed within the shell;
- and
- a second plurality of TEM elements having a second length disposed within the conductive shell, wherein the first and second lengths are not equal to one another.
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A magnet resonance apparatus comprising:
- a main magnet for generating a main magnetic field in an examination region;
- a plurality of gradient coils for generating magnetic gradient fields in conjunction with the main magnetic field;
- and
- a RF transmit coil for transmitting RF pulses into the examination region, the transmit coil comprising a closed-end TEM coil and a plurality of TEM resonator elements having lengths substantially shorter than an overall length of the TEM coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.