Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and rf coil device
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorKazuya Okamoto
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes a power transmitting unit a signal receiving unit and an image reconstruction unit. The power transmitting unit wirelessly transmits electric power to an RF coil device by magnetically coupled resonant type wireless power transfer. The signal receiving unit wirelessly receives a digitized nuclear magnetic resonance signal wirelessly transmitted from the RF coil device. The image reconstruction unit obtains a nuclear magnetic resonance signal received by the signal receiving unit, and reconstructs image data of an object on the basis of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal.
Claims14
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) coil configured to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal emitted from an object;
- a power transmitting coil formed in a figure-eight shape and configured to wirelessly transmit an electric power to the RF coil;
- a radio communication device configured to wirelessly receive a digitalized MR signal transmitted wirelessly from the RF coil;
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- an image generator configured to reconstruct the digitalized MR signal to generate an image data of the object.
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) coil configured to receive a magnetic resonance (MR) signal emitted from an object;
- a power transmitting coil formed in a loop shape and configured to wirelessly transmit an electric power to the RF coil;
- a radio communication device configured to wirelessly receive a digitalized MR signal transmitted wirelessly from the RF coil;
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- an image generator configured to reconstruct the digitalized MR signal to generate an image data of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.