Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-resonant T/R antenna for MR image generation
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Application No.: US14372283Application Date: 2013-01-03
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Publication No.: US10451692B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Christoph Leussler , Peter Mazurkewitz , Jochen Keupp
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP12151337 20120117
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/050041 WO 20130103
- International Announcement: WO2013/108142 WO 20130725
- Main IPC: G01R33/34
- IPC: G01R33/34 ; G01R33/36 ; G01R33/44

Abstract:
A dual- or multi-resonant RF/MR transmit and/or receive antenna (1, 2) especially in the form of a planar antenna or a volume array antenna (also called antenna array) is used for MR image generation of at least two different nuclei like e.g. 1H, 19F, 3He, 13C, 23Na or other nuclei having different Larmor frequencies. The antenna is coupled by an inductive coupling device (LI) with related transmit/receive channels (T/R). By such an inductive coupling, the tuning and matching of the antenna at the different resonant frequencies is easier than in case of a galvanic connection. The dual- or multi-resonant RF/MR transmit and/or receive antenna is used in an MR imaging apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150002156A1 MULTI-RESONANT T/R ANTENNA FOR MR IMAGE GENERATION Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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