MRI SYSTEMS AND RECEIVE COIL ARRANGEMENTS

An MRI system receive coil arrangement 3 for use with a main MRI scanner arrangement, the receive coil arrangement 3 including support structure and at least one receives coil 7 carried on the support structure 40. The support structure 40 includes a receive coil housing portion 43 which defines a c...

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Hauptverfasser: Hooren, Thijs van, Schuth, Wout, Arteaga de Castro, Catalina Sofia, Klomp, Dennis Wilhelmus Johannes, Borgo, Martino
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Zusammenfassung:An MRI system receive coil arrangement 3 for use with a main MRI scanner arrangement, the receive coil arrangement 3 including support structure and at least one receives coil 7 carried on the support structure 40. The support structure 40 includes a receive coil housing portion 43 which defines a channel portion 43a which houses at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7. The channel having a mouth 43b for allowing the introduction of said at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7 through the mouth 43b and into the channel 43a and a closing portion 45 moveable between a first position in which the mouth 43b of the channel portion is open for allowing introduction of the at least a portion of the at least one receive coil 7 into the channel portion 43a and a second, closing, position in which the mouth 43b of the channel is blocked by the closing portion 45.