Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head coil device and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus using the same
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Application No.: US17078308Application Date: 2020-10-23
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Publication No.: US11885856B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Kohjiro Iwasawa , Takanori Nishiyama , Kazuyuki Kato , Hideta Habara , Yosuke Otake , Satoshi Yamashita , Toru Shirai
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiba
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP 20037856 2020.03.05
- Main IPC: G01R33/34
- IPC: G01R33/34 ; G01R33/3415 ; A61B5/055

Abstract:
Provided is a coil device capable of improving operability or durability thereof, being attached to a subject in a close contact state regardless of the size of a head of the subject, and obtaining a high-quality MRI image. The coil device includes at least one coil unit which has a coil element and a coil support portion which has a mechanism for attaching the coil unit to a head of a subject. The coil support portion includes a base portion, a support body which is connected to the base portion and has an elastic member, and a holder which connects the support body to the at least one coil unit and the holder has at least three contact points which are formed directly or indirectly with respect to the base portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210278489A1 HEAD COIL DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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