公开(公告)号：US09599685B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US13877702

申请日：2011-10-06

申请人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

发明人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/345 ,  H01Q9/06 ,  H01Q21/20 ,  G01R33/28 ,  G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/422

CPC分类号： G01R33/34092 ,  G01R33/288 ,  G01R33/34046 ,  G01R33/3456 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/422 ,  H01Q9/065 ,  H01Q21/20

摘要： There is provided a technique for suppressing increase of SAR without sacrificing sensitivity in RF coils used in MRI apparatuses. The present invention provides an antenna device comprising a sheet-shaped conductor and a ribbon-shaped conductor disposed on the subject side with respect to the sheet-shaped conductor with a predetermined distance from the sheet-shaped conductor. The ribbon-shaped conductor has a meandering shape, and is adjusted so as to resonate at transmission and reception frequencies, and it is constituted so that distance to the sheet-shaped conductor becomes smaller at both end part thereof along the static magnetic field direction compared with the distance to the sheet-shaped conductor at the center thereof. Moreover, the ribbon-shaped conductor is constituted so as to have a smaller width, as the distance to the sheet-shaped conductor becomes smaller.

公开(公告)号：US09182468B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-10

申请号：US13577241

申请日：2011-01-26

申请人： Yukio Kaneko ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yosuke Otake ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshitaka Bito

发明人： Yukio Kaneko ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yosuke Otake ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshitaka Bito

IPC分类号： G01R33/565 ,  G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/36

CPC分类号： G01R33/5659 ,  G01R33/34076 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/3664 ,  G01R33/3678

摘要： There is provided a technique for improving quality of images obtained with an MRI apparatus by using the geometric structures of the conventional RF transmission coil and RF reception coil and without increasing burden on patients or MRI technicians. A conductor loop of an RF reception coil disposed between a subject and an RF transmission coil is used also as a loop for magnetic field adjustment in order to shield or enhance a rotating magnetic field B1 generated by the RF transmission coil. Further, the conductor loop operated as a conductor loop for magnetic field adjustment among the conductor loops constituting the RF reception coil is driven so that inhomogeneity of the rotating magnetic field B1 is reduced.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种通过使用常规RF传输线圈和RF接收线圈的几何结构来提高使用MRI装置获得的图像质量并且不增加患者或MRI技术人员负担的技术。 设置在被检体和RF传输线圈之间的RF接收线圈的导体环也用作用于磁场调整的环路，以便屏蔽或增强由RF传输线圈产生的旋转磁场B1。 此外，作为构成RF接收线圈的导体环路之间用于磁场调整的导体回路的导体回路被驱动，使得旋转磁场B1的不均匀性降低。

公开(公告)号：US20140253126A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-11

申请号：US14349424

申请日：2012-10-17

申请人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/34092 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/365

摘要： In order to provide a technique which can suppress coupling to homogenize the spatial distribution of an RF magnetic field and can improve penetration of the RF magnetic field into the subject, pad-like electric field conductors having a predetermined area are provided outside both ends of a rung conductor as a part of a configuration which forms a loop-like circuit and is driven as an antenna. An antenna device includes a sheet-like conductor, a rung conductor which is arranged at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, two electric field conductors which are arranged in both end portions of the rung conductor at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, and connection terminals which are transmission and reception terminals provided in the rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor. The rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor configure a loop circuit which resonates at a preset frequency.

摘要翻译： 为了提供可以抑制耦合以均匀化RF磁场的空间分布并且可以改善RF磁场对被摄体的穿透的技术，具有预定面积的垫状电场导体设置在 梯形导体作为形成环状电路并被驱动为天线的配置的一部分。 天线装置包括片状导体，布置在与片状导体预定距离的梯形导体，两个电场导体，布置在与片状导体预定距离的梯形导体的两个端部中， 以及设置在梯形导体和片状导体中的发送和接收端子的连接端子。 梯形导体和片状导体构成以预设频率谐振的环路电路。

公开(公告)号：US20130221968A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-29

申请号：US13877702

申请日：2011-10-06

申请人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

发明人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/34092 ,  G01R33/288 ,  G01R33/34046 ,  G01R33/3456 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/422 ,  H01Q9/065 ,  H01Q21/20

摘要： There is provided a technique for suppressing increase of SAR without sacrificing sensitivity in RF coils used in MRI apparatuses. The present invention provides an antenna device comprising a sheet-shaped conductor and a ribbon-shaped conductor disposed on the subject side with respect to the sheet-shaped conductor with a predetermined distance from the sheet-shaped conductor. The ribbon-shaped conductor has a meandering shape, and is adjusted so as to resonate at transmission and reception frequencies, and it is constituted so that distance to the sheet-shaped conductor becomes smaller at both end part thereof along the static magnetic field direction compared with the distance to the sheet-shaped conductor at the center thereof. Moreover, the ribbon-shaped conductor is constituted so as to have a smaller width, as the distance to the sheet-shaped conductor becomes smaller.

摘要翻译： 提供了抑制SAR增加的技术，而不牺牲MRI装置中使用的RF线圈的灵敏度。 本发明提供了一种天线装置，其包括片状导体和布置在与片状导体相距预定距离的片状导体的被检体侧的带状导体。 带状导体具有曲折形状，并且被调整为在发送和接收频率下谐振，并且其构造成使得沿着静磁场方向在其两端部处的与片状导体的距离变小 与其中心的片状导体的距离。 此外，随着与片状导体的距离变小，带状导体构成为具有较小的宽度。

公开(公告)号：US20080061785A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11782679

申请日：2007-07-25

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/34076 ,  G01R33/3628 ,  G01R33/3635 ,  G01R33/3678

摘要： In an MRI apparatus, an RF coil is provided which can generate or detect a circularly-polarized magnetic field with one feeding port, and which can radiate highly efficient, highly homogeneous electromagnetic waves and detect a highly sensitive, highly homogeneous magnetic resonance signal. For this purpose, the coil has a cylindrical shape, one feeding port which exchanges signals, plural first capacitors disposed at circumferential positions in at least one cross-section effectively orthogonal to the direction of the static magnetic field, and at least one second capacitor. In this RF coil, in which a static magnetic field is applied in essentially an identical direction to the direction of the central axis of the cylindrical shape, a second capacitor having a smaller capacity than the capacity of the first capacitor, is disposed at a position from 22.5° to 67.5° or 202.5° to 247.5° in a clockwise direction with respect to the center of the cylindrical shape from the feeding port in a cross-section viewed from a direction passing through the static magnetic field.

摘要翻译： 在MRI装置中，提供能够利用一个馈送端口产生或检测圆偏振磁场的RF线圈，并且可以辐射高效，高度均匀的电磁波并检测高灵敏度，高度均匀的磁共振信号。 为此，线圈具有圆筒形状，一个馈送端口交换信号，多个第一电容器设置在与静态磁场方向有效正交的至少一个截面的圆周位置处，以及至少一个第二电容器。 在该RF线圈中，以与圆筒形状的中心轴方向基本相同的方向施加静磁场，将具有比第一电容器容量小的容量的第二电容器设置在位置 在从穿过静磁场的方向观察的横截面中，相对于圆柱形的中心从顺时针方向从22.5°至67.5°或202.5°至247.5°。

公开(公告)号：US09684044B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14349424

申请日：2012-10-17

申请人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/345 ,  G01R33/36

CPC分类号： G01R33/34092 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/365

摘要： In order to provide a technique which can suppress coupling to homogenize the spatial distribution of an RF magnetic field and can improve penetration of the RF magnetic field into the subject, pad-like electric field conductors having a predetermined area are provided outside both ends of a rung conductor as a part of a configuration which forms a loop-like circuit and is driven as an antenna. An antenna device includes a sheet-like conductor, a rung conductor which is arranged at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, two electric field conductors which are arranged in both end portions of the rung conductor at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, and connection terminals which are transmission and reception terminals provided in the rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor. The rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor configure a loop circuit which resonates at a preset frequency.

公开(公告)号：US09638771B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US13811979

申请日：2011-07-25

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Hideta Habara

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Hideta Habara

IPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/345 ,  G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/422

CPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34046 ,  G01R33/34084 ,  G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/365 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/3678 ,  G01R33/422

摘要： A technique is provided to reserve large examination space in the tunnel type MRI apparatus, without increasing production cost nor reducing significantly irradiation efficiency and homogeneity in an irradiation distribution within an imaging region. The present invention provides an RF coil unit in which four partial cylindrical coils are placed with a gap therebetween in the circumferential direction inside a cylindrical RF shield, in such a manner that two pairs of the partial cylindrical coils are opposed to each other, and magnetic fields produced by the individual partial cylindrical coils are combined, thereby producing a circularly polarized wave field or an elliptically polarized wave field. The partial cylindrical coil is provided with a partial cylindrical conductor, multiple first conductors substantially parallel with the central axis of the RF shield, multiple capacitors connecting both ends of the first conductors with the partial cylindrical conductor, and a second conductor adjacent to at least one of the ends of the first conductor. The partial cylindrical coils are respectively provided with high frequency signals having a desired amplitude ratio and phase difference, while a reference frequency thereof being identical.

公开(公告)号：US08648597B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-11

申请号：US12702666

申请日：2010-02-09

申请人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

发明人： Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Masayoshi Dohata ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/3456

摘要： An RF coil is provided with a hollow-shaped outer conductive element and strip-shaped conductive elements disposed along the outer conductive element in the axial direction. The strip-shaped conductive elements are disposed with uneven intervals to secure an internal space at a position where the strip-shaped conductive elements are not disposed. In order to obtain uniform sensitivity at the center section of the RF coil, the strip-shaped conductive elements and the outer conductive element are electrically connected via capacitors of which capacitances are adjusted so that a magnetic field component perpendicular to the center axis should be generated at a desired resonance frequency, and the strip-shaped conductive elements are axisymmetrically disposed with respect to the center axis of the outer conductive element. As a result, a comfortable examination space in a tunnel type MRI apparatus is achieved without increasing the manufacturing cost of the MRI apparatus.

摘要翻译： RF线圈设置有中空形的外导电元件和沿轴向方向沿着外导电元件设置的条形导电元件。 带状导电元件以不均匀的间隔设置，以将内部空间固定在未设置条形导电元件的位置。 为了在RF线圈的中心部分获得均匀的灵敏度，条状导电元件和外部导电元件通过电容被调节的电容器电连接，使得应当产生垂直于中心轴的磁场分量 并且所述带状导电元件相对于外导电元件的中心轴线对称设置。 结果，在不增加MRI装置的制造成本的情况下实现隧道式MRI装置中的舒适的检查空间。

公开(公告)号：US20130119991A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-16

申请号：US13811979

申请日：2011-07-25

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Hideta Habara

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hisaaki Ochi ,  Hideta Habara

IPC分类号： G01R33/34

CPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34046 ,  G01R33/34084 ,  G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/365 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/3678 ,  G01R33/422

摘要： A technique is provided to reserve large examination space in the tunnel type MRI apparatus, without increasing production cost nor reducing significantly irradiation efficiency and homogeneity in an irradiation distribution within an imaging region. The present invention provides an RF coil unit in which four partial cylindrical coils are placed with a gap therebetween in the circumferential direction inside a cylindrical RF shield, in such a manner that two pairs of the partial cylindrical coils are opposed to each other, and magnetic fields produced by the individual partial cylindrical coils are combined, thereby producing a circularly polarized wave field or an elliptically polarized wave field. The partial cylindrical coil is provided with a partial cylindrical conductor, multiple first conductors substantially parallel with the central axis of the RF shield, multiple capacitors connecting both ends of the first conductors with the partial cylindrical conductor, and a second conductor adjacent to at least one of the ends of the first conductor. The partial cylindrical coils are respectively provided with high frequency signals having a desired amplitude ratio and phase difference, while a reference frequency thereof being identical.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种在隧道式MRI装置中预留大的检查空间的技术，而不增加成本区域内的照射分布的生产成本，降低照射效率和均匀性。 本发明提供了一种RF线圈单元，其中四个部分圆柱形线圈在圆柱形RF屏蔽内沿圆周方向放置有间隙，使得两对部分圆柱形线圈彼此相对，并且磁性 由各个部分圆柱形线圈产生的磁场组合，从而产生圆偏振波场或椭圆偏振波场。 部分圆柱形线圈设置有部分圆柱形导体，多个第一导体基本上平行于RF屏蔽的中心轴线，多个电容器连接第一导体的两端与部分圆柱形导体，第二导​​体与至少一个 的第一导体的端部。 部分圆柱形线圈分别设置有具有期望的振幅比和相位差的高频信号，而其参考频率相同。

公开(公告)号：US20120262173A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-18

申请号：US13512090

申请日：2010-11-29

申请人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

发明人： Yoshihisa Soutome ,  Hideta Habara ,  Yoshitaka Bito ,  Hiroyuki Takeuchi ,  Tetsuhiko Takahashi ,  Hisaaki Ochi

IPC分类号： G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/48

CPC分类号： G01R33/34046 ,  G01R33/34053 ,  G01R33/34076 ,  G01R33/3453 ,  G01R33/3657 ,  G01R33/3678

摘要： There is provided a technique for securing a large examination space in a tunnel type MRI device without inviting increase of manufacturing cost and without significantly reducing irradiation efficiency or uniformity of the irradiation intensity distribution in an imaging region. Between rungs of a partially cylindrical RF coil, which coil corresponds to a cylindrical RF coil of which part is removed, there are disposed half-loops generating magnetic fields, which are synthesized with magnetic fields generated by loops constituted by adjacent rungs of the partially cylindrical RF coil and rings connecting the rungs to generate a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized magnetic field. Further, high-frequency signals of the same reference frequency having a desired amplitude ratio and phase difference are supplied to the partially cylindrical RF coils and half-loops.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在隧道式MRI装置中确保大的检查空间的技术，而不会增加制造成本，并且不显着降低成像区域中的照射强度分布的照射效率或均匀性。 在部分圆柱形RF线圈的两个梯级之间，该线圈对应于部分被去除的圆柱形RF线圈，设置有产生磁场的半环，该磁场由具有由部分圆柱形的相邻梯级构成的环产生的磁场合成 RF线圈和环连接梯级以产生圆偏振或椭圆偏振磁场。 此外，具有期望幅度比和相位差的相同参考频率的高频信号被提供给部分圆柱形RF线圈和半环。