公开(公告)号：US11360168B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16198713

申请日：2018-11-21

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Victor Taracila ,  Balint Franko ,  Mark Giancola ,  Yun-Jeong Stickle ,  Clyve Konrad Rosales Follante ,  Fraser John Laing Robb

IPC: G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/3415 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61G13/12

Abstract: Various systems are provided for neck radio frequency (RF) coil assemblies for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a neck RF coil assembly includes a central RF coil array including a first plurality of RF coils configured to cover a neck of a subject to be imaged, an upper RF coil array including a second plurality of RF coils extending upward from the central RF coil array and configured to cover a lower head region of the subject, and a lower RF coil array including a third plurality of RF coils extending downward from the central RF coil array and configured to cover an upper shoulder region of the subject, wherein each RF coil of the first, second, and third pluralities of RF coils comprises a loop portion comprising two distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.

公开(公告)号：US11307274B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US16001793

申请日：2018-06-06

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ceara Delmore Stack ,  Victor Taracila ,  Fraser John Laing Robb

IPC: A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/34

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, a radio frequency coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes: a flexible spine; and at least two RF coil sections each coupled to the flexible spine and movable relative to each other, each RF coil section comprising at least one flexible RF coil, each RF coil including a loop portion comprising a coupling electronics portion and at least two parallel, distributed capacitance wire conductors encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material.

公开(公告)号：US11280858B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US16463575

申请日：2017-11-22

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Robert Steven Stormont ,  Scott Allen Lindsay ,  Victor Taracila ,  Ghazi Mustafa ,  Nabeel M. Malik ,  Fraser John Laing Robb ,  Dashen Chu

IPC: G01R33/341 ,  A61B5/055 ,  G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/54 ,  G01R33/3415

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, lightweight, and low-cost radio frequency (RF) coil of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a distributed capacitance loop portion comprising two parallel conductor wires encapsulated and separated by a dielectric material, the two parallel conductor wires maintained separate by the dielectric material along an entire length of the loop portion between terminating ends thereof, a coupling electronics portion including a pre-amplifier, and a coil-interfacing cable extending between the coupling electronics portion and an interfacing connector of the RF coil assembly.

公开(公告)号：US10983185B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16191827

申请日：2018-11-15

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ceara Delmore Stack ,  Fraser John Laing Robb ,  Victor Taracila ,  Robert Steven Stormont ,  Luke Charles Smith

IPC: G01R33/3415 ,  G01R33/48 ,  G01R33/34 ,  G01R33/36

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for radio frequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a radio frequency (RF) coil array for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, including: a flexible shell including an inner layer; and a plurality of flexible RF coils embedded within the inner layer, with each RF coil of the plurality of RF coils including two distributed capacitance wire conductors. In this way, the RF coil array may deform in order to conform to a body of a patient.

公开(公告)号：US20170343627A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

申请号：US15166636

申请日：2016-05-27

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Victor Taracila ,  Robert Steven Stormont ,  Fraser John Laing Robb

IPC: G01R33/36 ,  G01R33/34

CPC classification number: G01R33/3685

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a common mode trap for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. In one embodiment, a common mode trap for an MRI apparatus comprises: a first conductor and a second conductor counterwound around a length of a central conductor, wherein the first and the second conductors are radially spaced a first distance from the central conductor at first and second ends of the length, and wherein the first and the second conductors are radially spaced a second distance larger than the first distance from the central conductor at a midpoint of the length. In this way, coupling and subsequent detuning of common mode traps provided adjacent to one another may be prevented.