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MRI RF coil systems having detachable, relocatable, and or interchangeable sections and MRI imaging systems and methods employing the same

  • US 6,591,128 B1
  • Filed: 11/09/2000
  • Issued: 07/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An RF coil system for magnetic resonance imaging one or more regions of a subject, comprising:

  • a first coil section comprising one or more conductive coils in a first nonconductive housing;

    a second coil section comprising one or more conductive coils in a second nonconductive housing, the first and second coil sections being configured to be inherently decoupled; and

    a mechanical fastener system which removably selectively fastens the first coil section at any one of a plurality of longitudinally displaced locations along the second coil section.

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