Abstract:
The magnetic field assembly of a magnetic resonance imaging device includes an annular superconducting magnet (10) which is mounted within a toroidal vacuum vessel (24). A cylindrical member (26) defines a central bore through which the superconducting magnets generate a temporally constant primary magnetic field. A cylindrical, dielectric former (46) is mounted in the bore displaced a small distance from the cylindrical member. A radio frequency coil (32) is mounted within the cylindrical member defining a patient receiving examination region. An RF shield (34) is mounted around the exterior peripheral surface of the former. Primary gradient coils (40) are mounted around and potted to the exterior of the dielectric former around the RF shield. Gradient shield or secondary coils (44) are potted around an exterior of the cylindrical member within the vacuum chamber. As illustrated in FIG. 3 , when unshielded gradient coils are used, the primary gradient coils and the RF shield are mounted around the outer diameter of the cylindrical member (26).
Abstract:
In a magnetic resonance system, four primary loop circuits (50, 52, 54, 56) are inductively coupled to a resonator coil (32) at 90.degree. intervals around its circumference. The loop circuits are over-coupled to the resonator coil, i.e. they present more than the characteristic resistance of the associated cabling system which causes the maximum current transfer between the loop circuits and the resonator coil to be offset (f.sub.N) in equal amounts in each direction from a natural resonance frequency (f.sub.0) of the resonator coil. In one embodiment, two adjacent primary loop circuits provide for quadrature radio frequency transmission to and from the resonator coil at a first frequency and the other two primary loop circuits provide for quadrature radio frequency transmission to and from the resonator coil at a second resonance frequency. Each of the primary loop circuits includes a tank circuit (62) for blocking the passage of the frequency of the other quadrature primary loop circuit pair. In another embodiment, the third and fourth primary loop circuits are connected with tuning capacitors for adjusting the resonance frequency of the resonator coil relative to radio frequency signals applied and received by the primary loop circuit 180.degree. opposite. This enables the frequency of each quadrature component of a quadrature RF signal to be adjusted separately. Analogously, this enables the resonance frequency of two linear RF signals to be adjusted independently.
Abstract:
A coil and method for a medical imaging are provided. The coil includes a first section and a second section. The first and second sections form a loop and are configured in a diagonal arrangement.
Abstract:
A partially parallel acquisition RF coil array for imaging a sample includes at least a first, a second and a third coil adapted to be arranged circumambiently about the sample and to provide both contrast data and spatial phase encoding data.
Abstract:
An MRI array coil system for neurovascular and spine imaging of a human includes a neck coil having a split top; a dome-like head coil having a dome region, the head coil being slidable between a closed position adjacent to the neck coil and an open position spaced away from the neck coil; a posterior torso coil attached to the neck coil; and an anterior torso coil adapted to cooperate with the posterior coil.