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Multi-channel RF coil system with multi-channel RF coil transceiver detecting more than one frequency at the same time for magnetic resonance imaging systems and methods

  • US 8,217,653 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2009
  • Issued: 07/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An RF coil system configured for magnetic resonance applications, comprising:

  • a multi-channel RF coil transceiver configured to excite an RF field in an RF coil and/or receive RF signals from the RF coil; and

    a multi-channel RF coil connected to the multi-channel RF coil transceiver, the multi-channel RF coil configured for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging, wherein;

    the RF coil system being structured for reconfiguration between a plurality of operational modes, wherein at least one of the plurality of operational modes is a frequency dual tuned, reactively coupled, multi-nuclear, multi-channel mode with at least one operational frequency driven in a multi-channel mode, wherein a first subset of one or more current elements of the multi-channel RF coil are tuned to a first frequency associated with a first nuclei, and a second subset of one or more elements of the multi-channel RF coil are tuned to a second frequency associated with a second nuclei, which allows magnetic resonance imaging to occur simultaneously over both the first and second frequency.

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