Sheet of surface coils for imaging applications

摘要

An imaging system is presented. The imaging system includes a storage structure that stores a first sheet of coils inside a cradle, wherein the storage structure includes a plurality of first set of rotatable bodies and a plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, and a plurality of springs that are coupled to one or more of the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, wherein the first sheet of coils is disposed around the plurality of first set of rotatable bodies, the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies and the plurality of springs, and wherein a first end of the first sheet of coils protrudes out of the cradle.

主权项

1. An imaging system, comprising:
a magnetic resonance imaging system or a computerized tomography scanner, a first sheet of coils configured to cover a patient for imaging: a storage structure that stores the first sheet of coils inside a cradle, wherein the storage structure comprises:
a first axle shaft and a second axle shaft:a plurality of first set of rotatable bodies fixedly coupled to the first axle shaft and a plurality of second set of rotatable bodies fixedly coupled to the second axle shaft; anda plurality of springs that are coupled to one or more of the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, wherein the first sheet of coils is wrapped around the plurality of first set of rotatable bodies and the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies, wherein a first end of the first sheet of coils protrudes out of the cradle, wherein the second axle shaft and the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies are coupled to the plurality of springs to enable a linear movement of the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies and wherein the linear movement of the plurality of second set of rotatable bodies enable stretching or contraction of the plurality of springs to enable pulling out a requisite expanse of the first sheet of the coils from the storage structure.