Patent ID: 9097769
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a magnetic-resonance (MR) coil having a plurality of antenna elements; locating the MR coil in a bore of an MR magnet; transmitting an MR transmit signal (TX signal) using the MR coil; receiving an MR receive signal (RX signal) using the MR coil simultaneously with the transmitting of the MR transmit signal (TX signal); removing artifacts of the TX signal from the received MR receive signal (RX signal) to form a net received signal (NRX signal), wherein the removing artifacts of the transmit signal from the received MR receive signal further includes: splitting an RF pulse into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is amplified and transmitted as the MR transmit signal (TX), and subtracting the second portion from the received MR receive signal (RX) to form the NRX signal; and processing the net received signal (NRX signal) and generating MR output data from the processed NRX signal.