Title:
RECEIVING COIL AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014158526
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small diameter receiving coil in which receiving sensitivity is improved by resolving a part where setting is hard due to interference to the small diameter coil with a part (such as nose and ear) of a test object person in MRI imaging.SOLUTION: A receiving coil of an MRI device has a structure allowing the receiving coil to be divided into an upper part and lower part, and has a first mode in which a connection component is arranged in the upper receiving coil and a second mode in which the connection component is removed and a connector cover having an opened section is provided. The receiving coil is provided with a mode switching circuit for switching the first mode and the second mode according to an interference state of the test object person and the upper receiving coil.
Inventors:
SHIRAKAWA HIROSHI
Application Number:
JP2013029858A
Publication Date:
September 04, 2014
Filing Date:
February 19, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI MEDICAL CORP
International Classes:
A61B5/055; G01R33/32
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Polaire Intellectual Property Corporation