Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radio frequency coil unit
- Patent Title (中): 磁共振成像装置和射频线圈单元
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Application No.: US12081812Application Date: 2008-04-22
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Publication No.: US07884608B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Kazuya Okamoto
- Applicant: Kazuya Okamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-Ku, Tokyo JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-Ku, Tokyo JP Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: JPP2005-211624 20050721
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00

Abstract:
A radio frequency coil unit includes a plurality of surface coils and a distributing/combining unit. The plurality of surface coils are arranged in a body-axis direction. The distributing/combining unit distributes and combines reception signals output from the plurality of surface coils to generate a new reception signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080224701A1 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radio freqeuncy coil unit Public/Granted day:2008-09-18
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