TILE DISPLACEMENT TYPE RECEIVER COIL ARRAY WITH IMPROVED SPATIAL COVERAGE

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a receiver coil array with improved spatial coverage. PSOLUTION: A phased array 70 for a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging apparatus is disclosed that includes a plurality of receiver coils 72 arranged to form a staggered hexagonal coil array, with the staggered hexagonal coil array being rectangular in shape. Included in the plurality of receiver coils 72 are a plurality of standard coils 88 and a plurality of filler coils 90 differing in shape from the standard coils 88. The shape of the filler coils 90 is such that no more than negligible mutual inductance between the filler coils 90 and all adjacent overlapping standard coils 88 is present. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT