Browsing by Author "Lorbiecki, John E."

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    6-channel array coil for magnetic resonance imaging
    (United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-06-03) Mathew, Susan; Boskamp, Eddy Benjamin; Blawat, Leroy; Lorbiecki, John E.; Hoppel, Bernice E.; General Electric Company; The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency
    A method and apparatus for acquiring high resolution MR images of a carotid artery. A six-channel RF coil array has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a first region-of-interest (ROI) of an imaging patient. The six-channel RF coil also has three RF coils placed in an overlapping pattern and positioned adjacent to a second ROI of an imaging patient.
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    Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional parallel MR imaging
    (United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-11-11) Malik, Nabeel M.; Boskamp, Eddy B.; Lorbiecki, John E.; Lindsay, Scott A.; General Electric Company; The Texas A&M University System, A Texas State Agency
    The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of multi-directional acceleration for parallel imaging. An RF coil assembly is constructed to have a plurality of RF coils arranged in axial and tangential direction for image data acquisition with acceleration in at least two dimensions.