Patent ID: 9081067
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61B,A61N,G01R

Abstract:
1. An RF phased array coil for use in an MR imaging system for generating an MR image of the subject and in a radiation imaging system for generating a radiation image of a subject using penetrating electromagnetic radiation, the phased array coil being arranged to remain in place during the radiation imaging and including coil conductive traces located in the field of view of the radiation imaging; the RF phased array coil comprising: a support comprising a substrate sheet having opposed first and second surfaces; a plurality of individual coil loops formed by conductive traces carried on the substrate sheet on at least one of said top and bottom surfaces; at least one of the individual coil loops being overlapped with at least one other of the individual coil loops so that a leg of said one coil loop lies adjacent to a leg of said other coil loop with two sections at ends of the leg of said one coil loop crossing two corresponding sections at ends of the leg of said other coil loop; each of the crossing sections and each of the corresponding sections has a thickness in a direction at right angles to the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate sheet which is less than that of the legs.