Local coil device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGeorge VERGHESE
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Abstract
A local coil device includes one or more radio frequency (RF) receive coils; and a signal transceiver implemented to couple a scanner configured to transmit or receive an RF signal and a controller configured to control the local coil device, wherein the RF receive coil comprises a decoupling circuit configured to block an induced current flowing in the RF receive coil when an RF transmission operation of the scanner is performed; and a thermistor having a resistance value changing by the induced current, and wherein the decoupling circuit is configured to block the induced current flowing in the RF receive coil based on a control signal received from the controller through the signal transceiver.
Claims11
A local coil device comprising:
- one or more radio frequency (RF) receive coils;
- and
- a signal transceiver implemented to couple a scanner configured to transmit or receive an RF signal and a controller configured to control the local coil device,
- wherein the RF receive coil comprises,
- a decoupling circuit configured to block an induced current flowing in the RF receive coil when an RF transmission operation of the scanner is performed;
- and
- a thermistor having a resistance value changing by the induced current, and
- wherein the decoupling circuit is configured to block the induced current flowing in the RF receive coil based on a control signal received from the controller through the signal transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.