Integrated power supply for surface coils
First Claim
1. A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising:
- a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors; and
at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by one of the electrical conductors, wherein at least one of the conductors is a substantially hollow conductor and the at least one electrical component is disposed inside the substantially hollow conductor, the substantially hollow conductor including a laminated conductive material laminated onto a printed circuit board and one of;
(i) a portion of said laminated conductive material being delaminated from the printed circuit board and folded over the at least one electrical component to enclose said at least one electrical component, and(ii) the at least one electrical component being disposed on the laminated conductive material and a covering electrically conductive foil covering the at least one electrical component and sealed with the laminated conductive material to enclose said at least one electrical component.
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Abstract
A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal includes a radio frequency antenna. The radio frequency antenna includes one or more electrical conductors (72, 74, 76, 78, 172, 173, 176, 180, 252, 254), at least one of which is a substantially hollow conductor (72, 78, 172, 252, 254). At least one electrical component (100, 110, 110′, 110″, 140, 160, 200) is mounted to be shielded from interfering with the MR signal by disposing it inside the substantially hollow conductor. The at least one electrical component can be, for example, a battery (100, 160, 200), a storage capacitor (140), or coil electronics (110, 110′,110″).
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18 Claims
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1. A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising:
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a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors; and at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by one of the electrical conductors, wherein at least one of the conductors is a substantially hollow conductor and the at least one electrical component is disposed inside the substantially hollow conductor, the substantially hollow conductor including a laminated conductive material laminated onto a printed circuit board and one of; (i) a portion of said laminated conductive material being delaminated from the printed circuit board and folded over the at least one electrical component to enclose said at least one electrical component, and (ii) the at least one electrical component being disposed on the laminated conductive material and a covering electrically conductive foil covering the at least one electrical component and sealed with the laminated conductive material to enclose said at least one electrical component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. The A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising:
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a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors, at least one of the electrical conductors being a substantially hollow conductor; and at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by being disposed inside the substantially hollow conductor, the at least one electrical component including an electrical power source and powering electronics for the radio frequency antenna wherein the electrical power source includes at least one of a rechargeable battery, a fuel cell, a storage capacitor, and a replaceable battery, disposed inside the substantially hollow conductor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising:
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a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors, at least one of the electrical conductors being a substantially hollow conductor; and at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by being disposed inside the substantially hollow conductor, wherein the at least one electrical component includes coil electronics, the substantially hollow conductor Faraday shielding the coil electronics, wherein the coil electronics includes at least one of; an electro-.optical component outputting a modulated optical signal corresponding to the received magnetic resonance signal, a wireless transmitter that transmits a wireless signal corresponding to the received magnetic resonance signal, an RF cable, and battery recharging circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising:
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a radio frequency antenna including a plurality of electrical conductors, at least two of the electrical conductors being substantially hollow conductors; and electrical components mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by being disposed inside the substantially hollow conductors, the at-least electrical components including; an electrical power source disposed in one of the hollow conductors; and coil electronics disposed in another of the hollow conductors, the electrical power source powering the coil electronics.
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17. A radio frequency receive coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal, the receive coil comprising:
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a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors; and at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal by one of the electrical conductors; wherein the at least one electrical component includes; two batteries; battery recharging circuitry; switching circuitry for connecting one battery with the coil and the other battery with the battery recharging circuitry; and a battery state-of-charge sensor, the switching circuitry switching to another battery when the battery state-of-charge sensor indicates the operating battery is substantially fully discharged.
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18. A magnetic resonance imaging scanner for imaging an imaging subject, the scanner comprising:
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a main magnet generating a substantially spatially and temporally constant magnetic field in an examination region; magnetic field gradient coils generating selected magnetic field gradients in the examination region; and a radio frequency receive coil comprising a radio frequency antenna including one or more electrical conductors and at least one electrical component mounted to be shielded from interfering with the magnetic resonance signal b one of the electrical conductors wherein the at least one electrical component includes a battery and the scanner further includes a battery recharging system selectively coupled with the radio frequency receive coil by an RF transmission line.
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Specification