Spine coil unit

摘要

In order to increase the speed at which a user of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system may electrically or optically connect and physically attach a spine coil unit to the MRI system, the spine coil unit includes a connector extending away from a side of a spine coil housing. The spine coil unit is positioned on a patient table of the MRI system and moved along the patient table of the MRI system adjacent to or in physical contact with a corresponding MRI system-side connector. A lever rotatably attached to the spine coil housing may be rotated into a corresponding recess in the MRI system to physically attach and electrically or optically connect the connector of the spine coil housing and/or to positionally fix the spine coil housing relative to the MRI system-side connector.

主权项

1. A radiofrequency (RF) coil unit comprising:
a coil housing comprising a first side; an RF coil disposed in the coil housing; a lever movably attached to the coil housing; and a rigid coil connector extending away from the first side of the coil housing, the rigid coil connector being in communication with the RF coil of the coil housing, wherein the lever is operable to be moved into a corresponding recess in a support of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the movement of the lever into the corresponding recess causing movement of the coil housing along a patient table supporting the coil housing, the rigid coil connector being physically attached to and in communication with a connector of a data acquisition system of the MRI system and a position of the coil housing being fixed relative to a position of the connector of the data acquisition system of the MRI system after the movement of the lever into the corresponding recess.