| US 7,514,926 B2 | ||
| Spatially reconfigurable magnetic resonance coil | ||
| Gregor Adriany, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); Johannes Ritter, St. Louis Park, Minn. (US); William Voje, Newport, Minn. (US); J. Thomas Vaughan, Stillwater, Minn. (US); and Kamil Ugurbil, Minneapolis, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/599,177. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/736543, filed on Nov. 14, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0108980 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 324—318 | 26 Claims |
| 1. A magnetic resonance imaging device comprising:
a plurality of resonant elements, each resonant element configured to resonate at a particular frequency; and
a frame having a plurality of element holders coupled by a link, wherein each element holder is configured to retain a resonant
element and wherein the link is configured to retain each of the element holders in one of a plurality of radial positions
relative to at least one other element holder determined as a function of a user selection.
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