WO2009126767A3 - Multi-frequency rf coil for mri - Google Patents

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WO2009126767A3
WO2009126767A3 PCT/US2009/040001 US2009040001W WO2009126767A3 WO 2009126767 A3 WO2009126767 A3 WO 2009126767A3 US 2009040001 W US2009040001 W US 2009040001W WO 2009126767 A3 WO2009126767 A3 WO 2009126767A3
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Lleana Hancu
Joseph Edward Piel
William Thomas Dixon
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Abstract

A multi-frequency imaging radio frequency (RF) coil operational at three or more different frequencies, with a shifting frequency loop structure proximate the coil and switchably coupled to provide different frequencies when the loop structure is coupled to the coil. In one embodiment one of the frequencies is a proton frequency, one is a sodium frequency, and one of the frequencies is a carbon frequency. One example involves imaging examinations using hyperpolarized compounds.
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