RF coil assemblies
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12025684B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17880326

    申请日:2022-08-03

    IPC分类号: G01R33/34 G01R33/3415

    CPC分类号: G01R33/34053 G01R33/3415

    摘要: RF coil assemblies are disclosed that include multiturn loops formed of conductors configured to receive RF signals from a patient during MRI. The multiturn loops include an inner loop and an outer loop that both lie substantially in a plane of the RF coil assembly. The inner loop is at least partially nested within the outer loop.

    Magnetic Resonance Facility Operation
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240172954A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18519142

    申请日:2023-11-27

    摘要: A computer-implemented method for operating an MR facility having a main magnet unit with a patient bore. A field of view (FOV) of the MR facility, defined by a main magnetic field's homogeneity, lies within the bore. A patient bench to position the patient within the patient bore is longitudinally movable. Additionally, a local coil arrangement with at least one coil element to measure MR data is freely positionable on the patient bench and/or a patient's body to be measured with respect to the longitudinal direction. The method includes: ascertaining position information of the local coil arrangement in the longitudinal direction using a measuring device when the patient bench is partially outside the patient bore; ascertaining recording information describing the local coil arrangement's position with respect to the FOV; and automatically positioning the patient bench in the longitudinal direction at an approach position ascertained from the position and recording information.

    RADIO FREQUENCY COIL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RADIO FREQUENCY COIL APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230296706A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18180903

    申请日:2023-03-09

    发明人: Yu TANAKA

    摘要: A radio frequency coil apparatus according to an embodiment is a radio frequency coil apparatus to be disposed in a bore of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and including processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated from a subject placed in the bore. The processing circuitry supplies voltage to a constituent component of the radio frequency coil apparatus by using a switching regulator and a linear regulator. The processing circuitry selectively drives the switching regulator and the linear regulator based on an imaging sequence of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The processing circuitry drives the linear regulator in a first duration including a duration in which the nuclear magnetic resonance signal is acquired, and drives the switching regulator in a second duration other than the first duration.