General Electric Company
SYSTEMS FOR AN MRI BREAST RF COIL ARRAY

Abstract:

Various methods and systems are provided for a flexible, comfortable breast radio frequency (RF) coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system. The breast RF coil assembly may include two cups each housing eight RF coils arranged in an overlapping fashion. The breast RF coil assembly may further include respective flanking coil arrays on a side of each cup, with each flanking coil array housing four RF coils.