Patent ID: 7446529
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A radio frequency coil unit comprising: a plurality of surface coils arranged in a body-axis direction of an object; and a distributing/combining unit that produces a new reception signal by distributing and combining reception signals from the plurality of surface coils in the body-axis direction; wherein the plurality of surface coils includes surface coils that are arranged in a direction vertical to the body-axis direction, a distributing/combining unit of a non-body-axis direction that distributes and combines reception signals in the direction vertical to the body-axis direction, the reception signals being output from the surface coils arranged in the direction vertical to the body-axis direction, wherein the distributing/combining unit distributes and combines a reception signal obtained on the basis of the reception signal from the surface coil arranged in the body-axis direction, among a reception signal distributed and combined by the distributing/combining unit of the non-body-axis direction and a reception signal before being distributed and combined by the distributing/combining unit, to produce a new reception signal.