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US 6,784,665 B1Granted
Multiple degree of freedom adjustable MRI radio frequency array coil system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPei Hsuon Chan, Mark Xueming Zou, Richard Calvin Lute, Jr., Scott Anthony Masiella
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Abstract
A MRI array coil for imaging a patient having a head, and a torso, includes a base; a left handle extending from the base; a left head coil array attached to the left handle for proximity to the head; a right handle extending from the base; and a right head coil array mounted on the right handle for proximity to the head.
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An MRI array coil comprising:
- a base supporting at least a head of a patient during MRI imaging of the patient;
- a left handle extending out of a plane of said base;
- a left head coil array mounted to and supported by said left handle and wherein said left handle is adjustably positionable and enables said left head coil array to be positioned adjacent a side of said head of the patient;
- a right handle extending out of the plane of said base;
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- a right head coil array mounted to and supported by said right handle and wherein said right handle is adjustably positionable and enables said right head coil array to be positioned adjacent an opposite side of said head of the patient.
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A MRI array coil comprising:
- a base supporting at least a head of a patient during MRI imaging of the patient;
- a first head piece having a first handle extending out of a plane of said base with a first coil array attached to and supported by said first handle on a first side of the head of the patient, and wherein said first head piece is adjustably positionable adjacent the first side of the head of the patient using said first handle;
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- a second head piece having a second handle extending out of the plane of said base with a second coil array attached to and supported by said second handle on a second side of the head of the patient, and wherein said first head piece is adjustably positionable adjacent the second side of the head of the patient using said second handle, each of said first and second head pieces independently moveable in each of an X, Y and Z direction relative to said base and enabling the positioning of said first and second coil arrays adjacent the head on either side of the head of the patient.
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A method for magnetic resonance imaging comprising:
- configuring a first coil array to connect to a first handle extending out of a plane of a base for adjustable positioning and support of said first coil array adjacent a side of a head of a patient during magnetic resonance imaging of the head;
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- configuring a second coil array to connect to a second handle extending out of the plane of the base for adjustable positioning and support of said second coil array adjacent an opposite side of the head of the patient during magnetic resonance imaging of the head, each of the first and second handles being independently moveable and configured to allow movement of the first and second coil arrays in each of an X,Y and Z direction.
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