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Magnetic resonance antenna

  • US 6,806,710 B1
  • Filed: 03/31/2000
  • Issued: 10/19/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A nuclear magnetic resonance antenna comprising:

  • a plurality of at least five antenna elements disposed in a plane for emitting or receiving magnetic field energy at a magnetic resonance frequency, each antenna element having an element beginning in said plane and an element end in said plane;

    said antenna elements being disposed relative to a center axis so as to radiate from the respective element beginnings to the respective element ends outwardly in a spoke-like fashion to allow a radially directed current flow in each antenna element between the element end thereof and the element beginning thereof, and exhibiting cyclical symmetry from antenna element to antenna element;

    said antenna elements being at least magnetically coupled with each other in said antenna.

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