Couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
A couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil according to an embodiment is attachable to and detachable from connector embedded in a couchtop of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, and forms a cable-free RF coil by being fitted with the connector and thereby joined with a coil element embedded in the couchtop, the cable-free RF coil corresponding to one area to be imaged of a subject.
1. A couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil comprising:
a connector embedded in a couchtop of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus; and
a first coil element including a loop including a bent portion, and
configured to:
be attachable to and detachable from the connector, and
form a cable-free RF coil by being fitted with the connector and thereby joined with a second coil element embedded in the couchtop, the cable-free RF coil corresponding to one area to be imaged of a subject, wherein
the bent portion and the second coil element are coplanar after the couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil has been fit with the connector.
2. The couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil according to claim 1 , wherein the connector is arranged inside a loop of the second coil element embedded in the couchtop.
3. The couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil according to claim 1 , wherein
a size of the bent portion is designed on the basis of a size of a loop, as a whole, of the second coil element embedded in the couchtop.
4. The couchtop attachment-detachment type RF coil according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of coil elements are embedded in the couchtop so as to correspond to any of at least two areas to be imaged.