Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Simultaneous TX-RX for MRI systems and other antenna devices
- Patent Title (中): 用于MRI系统和其他天线设备的同时TX-RX
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Application No.: US13407751Application Date: 2012-02-28
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Publication No.: US09097769B2Publication Date: 2015-08-04
- Inventor: Scott M. Schillak , John Thomas Vaughan, Jr. , Charles A. Lemaire , Matthew T. Waks
- Applicant: Scott M. Schillak , John Thomas Vaughan, Jr. , Charles A. Lemaire , Matthew T. Waks
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Life Services, LLC,Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee: Life Services, LLC,Regents of the University of Minnesota
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.L.L.C.
- Agent Charles A. Lemaire
- Main IPC: G01R33/36
- IPC: G01R33/36 ; G01R33/3415

Abstract:
Apparatus and method that are more efficient and flexible, and obtain and connect high-power RF transmit signals (TX) to RF-coil devices in an MR machine or other devices and simultaneously receive signals (RX) and separate net receive signals NRX) of interest by subtracting or filtering to remove the subtractable portion of the transmit signal (STX) from the RX and preamplifying the NRX and signal processing the preamplified NRX. In some embodiments, signal processing further removes artifacts of the transmitted signal, e.g., by digitizing the NRX signal, storing the digitized NRX signal in a memory, and performing digital signal processing. In some embodiments, the present invention also includes pre-distorting the TX signals in order to be better able to identify and/or remove the remaining artifacts of the transmitted signal from the NRX signal. This solution also applies to other high-power RF-transmit-antennae signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120223709A1 SIMULTANEOUS TX-RX FOR MRI SYSTEMS AND OTHER ANTENNA DEVICES Public/Granted day:2012-09-06
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