Method and apparatus for hardware RF receiver channel reduction

Method and apparatus for hardware coil compression is disclosed. The coils in an array configured for the same region of interest are grouped into sub-arrays. The coils of each sub-array are pre-combined with a hardware combiner before further processing. The pre-combination converter composed of the pre-combiners is flexible, i.e., applicable to for example non-cylindrical coils; simpler than direct implementation of the software compression algorithm; and commercially feasible. 公开了用于硬件线圈压缩的方法和装置。被配置用于同感兴趣区域的阵列中的线圈被分组到子阵列中。每个子阵列的线圈在进步处理之前利用硬件组合器进行预先组合。包括所述预先组合器的预先组合转换器是灵活的，即，可应用于例如非圆柱形线圈；比软件压缩算法的直接实施更简单；并且在商业上可行。