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US 7,031,763 B1Granted
MRI shoulder coil
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorVera Fengling Zhang
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Abstract
A MRI quadrature coil for imaging a human shoulder has a first coil shaped to conform to the top of the shoulder and a second coil adapted to encircle the shoulder. The second coil has a magnetic axis generally orthogonal to that of the first coil.
Claims20
A MRI quadrature coil for imaging a human shoulder, said shoulder having a superior portion, said quadrature coil comprising:
- a first coil arcuately shaped to conform to and extend over said superior portion of said shoulder from a chest portion to a shoulder blade portion, said first coil having a magnetic axis;
- and
- a second coil adapted to encircle said shoulder, said second coil having a magnetic axis generally orthogonal to said first coil magnetic axis.
An imaging system for imaging a shoulder of a body, said imaging system comprising:
- a first coil configured to conform to and extend over a superior portion of the shoulder from a chest portion to a shoulder blade portion;
- and
- a second coil separate from the first coil and configured to encircle the shoulder.
A method for imaging, said method comprising:
- providing a first coil;
- providing a second coil separate from the first coil;
- conforming the first coil to extend over a superior portion of a shoulder of a body and partially down a front and a back of the shoulder across an axis from a neck end of a clavicle bone to a head of a humerus bone;
- and
- configuring the second coil to encircle the shoulder.
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