HEAD COIL AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME

摘要

A head coil and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus employing the same. The head coil may increase a field of view by allowing a housing over the eyes of a patient to be closely fitted around the head of the patient. The head coil includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) coil elements, a first housing, and a second housing configured to receive the head of a patient along with the first housing, wherein the first and second housings are changed or modified to have any of receiving spaces of different sizes to correspond to any of different head sizes of patients.

主权项

1. A head coil for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of radio frequency (RF) coil elements; a first housing having a first housing surface in which one or more of the plurality of RF coil elements is embedded therein, and the first housing having an adjustable receiving space that corresponds to any of different head sizes of patients; a second housing selected from a plurality of second housings having a structure configured to receive a head of a patient along with the first housing and having a second housing surface in which another one or more of the plurality of RF coil elements is embedded therein, and having one receiving space selected from among the plurality of second housings with respective receiving spaces of different sizes that correspond to different head sizes of patients; and a coupling unit that detachably couples any one of the plurality of the second housings to the first housing.