Patent ID: 9360541
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61B,G01R

Claim Text:
1. A local coil for an imaging system, the local coil comprising: a head coil comprising a housing, the housing including a first side, through which a patient extends when a head of a patient is positioned in the head coil, and a nape section shaped to support a nape of the patient, the nape section configured to extend from the first side to a plane parallel to the first side, the plane coinciding with a point on the back of the neck of the patient when the head of the patient is positioned in the head coil, the head coil configured so that the head of the patient is positionable in the head coil and the neck of the patient is positionable on the nape section of the housing; and at least one shim coil comprising a plurality of conductors, all conductors of the plurality of conductors being disposed in the nape section of the housing, all other regions of the head coil outside of the nape section not including any shim coils, wherein subsets of conductors of the plurality of conductors are loadable with current.