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公开(公告)号:US20240248160A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18419332
申请日:2024-01-22
发明人: Stephan Biber , Stefan Stocker , Andrew Dewdney , Jürgen Nistler , Ludwig Eberler , Simon Körber
IPC分类号: G01R33/422 , G01R33/385 , G01R33/3873
CPC分类号: G01R33/422 , G01R33/385 , G01R33/3873
摘要: The disclosure relates to a detector unit comprising a radio frequency antenna unit and a gradient coil unit surrounding the radio frequency antenna unit concentrically, each embodied as hollow cylinders surrounding a cylinder axis in the longitudinal direction. The detector unit comprises at least four shim units, which are embodied as oblong shapes and are each arranged in parallel to the cylinder axis at various positions in the circumferential direction on a first inner surface, with said first inner surface corresponding to the side of the gradient coil unit facing towards the cylinder axis, and forming raised areas in the direction of the cylinder axis . The detector unit comprises a fixing unit embodied for fixing the at least four shim units to the gradient coil unit, and an RF screen, which is arranged at least partly between the radio frequency antenna unit and the gradient coil unit.
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公开(公告)号:US11988730B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-21
申请号:US17707375
申请日:2022-03-29
申请人: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
发明人: Uri Rapoport , Yair Goldfarb , Yoram Cohen
IPC分类号: H01F7/02 , G01R33/383 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/421 , G01R33/565
CPC分类号: G01R33/383 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/421 , G01R33/56563 , H01F7/0273 , H01F7/0278
摘要: A magnetic field device, with a first magnet, a first ferromagnetic element positioned adjacent to the first magnet, a second magnet, a second ferromagnetic element positioned adjacent to the second magnet and relative to the first ferromagnetic element to create a gap between the first ferromagnetic element and the second ferromagnetic element, and a third magnet positioned between the first ferromagnetic element and the second ferromagnetic element and within the gap.
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公开(公告)号:US11740302B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17696454
申请日:2022-03-16
IPC分类号: G01R33/383 , G01R33/24 , G01R33/38 , G01R33/381 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/44 , H01F7/02 , H01F7/06 , H01F13/00
CPC分类号: G01R33/383 , G01R33/243 , G01R33/381 , G01R33/3806 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/445 , H01F7/0278 , H01F7/064 , H01F13/003 , G01R33/3802
摘要: A method of producing a permanent magnet shim configured to improve a profile of a B0 magnetic field produced by a B0 magnet is provided. The method comprises determining deviation of the B0 magnetic field from a desired B0 magnetic field, determining a magnetic pattern that, when applied to magnetic material, produces a corrective magnetic field that corrects for at least some of the determined deviation, and applying the magnetic pattern to the magnetic material to produce the permanent magnet shim. According to some aspects, a permanent magnet shim for improving a profile of a B0 magnetic field produced by a B0 magnet is provided. The permanent magnet shim comprises magnetic material having a predetermined magnetic pattern applied thereto that produces a corrective magnetic field to improve the profile of the B0 magnetic field.
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公开(公告)号:US11733329B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17390985
申请日:2021-08-01
申请人: ETH Zurich , UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH
发明人: David Brunner , Simon Gross , Klaas Pruessmann
IPC分类号: G01R33/3873 , G01R33/38 , G01R33/54
CPC分类号: G01R33/3873 , G01R33/3804 , G01R33/543
摘要: A magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus comprises magnet means for generating a main magnetic field in a sample region, encoding means for generating encoding magnetic fields superimposed to the main magnetic field, RF transmitter means for generating MR radiofrequency fields, driver means for operating said encoding means and RF transmitter means to generate superimposed time dependent encoding fields and radiofrequency fields according to an MR sequence for forming images or spectra; and acquisition means for acquiring an MR signal from said object. The magnet means comprise a primary magnetic field source providing a static magnetic field B0 and at least one secondary magnetic field source providing an adjustable magnetic field B′. To provide improved shimming, the secondary magnetic field source comprises at least two spatially distinct portions of a first magnetic material and of a second magnetic material, respectively, said first magnetic material having a first magnetic moment density m1 and said second magnetic material having a second magnetic moment density m2, and means for independently adjusting said second magnetic moment density m2 by variation of an external control parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US20180284205A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
申请号:US15542493
申请日:2016-01-27
申请人: HITACHI, LTD.
发明人: Kenji SAKAKIBARA , Takuya FUJIKAWA , Mitsushi ABE , Hikaru HANADA
IPC分类号: G01R33/3873
CPC分类号: G01R33/3873 , A61B5/055 , G01R33/243 , G01R33/3815 , G01R33/546
摘要: Even if there is a restriction in an amount of magnetic pieces which can be disposed at each position in a shim tray, a distribution of a static magnetic field is measured so that an error magnetic field between the distribution of the static magnetic field and a target magnetic field is calculated, and respective reachable magnetic field homogeneities in a case where the magnetic pieces are disposed at one or more of the plurality of positions in the shim tray are calculated while changing the target magnetic field. The target magnetic field is selected in which an amount of magnetic pieces at each of the positions in the shim tray is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit value, and the reachable magnetic field homogeneity is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
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公开(公告)号:US20180168527A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:US15879254
申请日:2018-01-24
发明人: Michael Stephen Poole , Cedric Hugon , Hadrien A. Dyvorne , Laura Sacolick , William J. Mileski , Jeremy Christopher Jordan , Alan B. Katze, JR. , Jonathan M. Rothberg , Todd Rearick , Christopher Thomas McNulty
CPC分类号: G01R33/3852 , A61B5/0555 , A61B6/4405 , A61B50/13 , A61B90/00 , A61B2560/0431 , A61G13/104 , G01R33/34092 , G01R33/3642 , G01R33/3657 , G01R33/38 , G01R33/3802 , G01R33/3806 , G01R33/383 , G01R33/385 , G01R33/3854 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/389 , G01R33/4215 , G01R33/422 , G01R33/445 , G01R33/48 , G01R33/5608
摘要: According to some aspects, a portable magnetic resonance imaging system is provided, comprising a magnetics system having a plurality of magnetics components configured to produce magnetic fields for performing magnetic resonance imaging. The magnetics system comprises a permanent B0 magnet configured to produce a B0 field for the magnetic resonance imaging system, and a plurality of gradient coils configured to, when operated, generate magnetic fields to provide spatial encoding of emitted magnetic resonance signals, a power system comprising one or more power components configured to provide power to the magnetics system to operate the magnetic resonance imaging system to perform image acquisition, and a base that supports the magnetics system and houses the power system, the base comprising at least one conveyance mechanism allowing the portable magnetic resonance imaging system to be transported to different locations. According to some aspects, the base has a maximum horizontal dimension of less than or equal to approximately 50 inches. According to some aspects, the portable magnetic resonance imaging system weighs less than 1,500 pounds. According to some aspects, the portable magnetic resonance imaging system has a 5-Gauss line that has a maximum dimension of less than or equal to five feet.
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公开(公告)号:US20180143280A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-24
申请号:US15640369
申请日:2017-06-30
IPC分类号: G01R33/56 , G01R33/421 , G01R33/389 , G01R33/36 , G01R33/383
CPC分类号: G01R33/3852 , A61B5/0555 , A61B6/4405 , A61B50/13 , A61B90/00 , A61B2560/0431 , A61G13/104 , G01R33/34092 , G01R33/3642 , G01R33/3657 , G01R33/38 , G01R33/3802 , G01R33/3806 , G01R33/383 , G01R33/385 , G01R33/3854 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/389 , G01R33/4215 , G01R33/422 , G01R33/445 , G01R33/48 , G01R33/5608
摘要: According to some aspects, a portable magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The portable magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a B0 magnet configured to produce a B0 magnetic field for an imaging region of the magnetic resonance imaging system, a noise reduction system configured to detect and suppress at least some electromagnetic noise in an operating environment of the portable magnetic resonance imaging system, and electromagnetic shielding provided to attenuate at least some of the electromagnetic noise in the operating environment of the portable magnetic resonance imaging system, the electromagnetic shielding arranged to shield a fraction of the imaging region of the portable magnetic resonance imaging system. According to some aspects, the electromagnetic shielding may be configurable to providing a variable amount of shielding for the imaging region.
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公开(公告)号:US09891299B1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US14281431
申请日:2014-05-19
IPC分类号: G01R33/38 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/58 , G01R33/385
CPC分类号: G01R33/3873 , G01R33/34007 , G01R33/385 , G01R33/3875 , G01R33/58
摘要: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) coils configured to produce a static B0 field having non-homogeneous characteristics. The MRI system includes an RF transceiver configured to acquire MR imaging data from the RF coils for an area of interest. The system includes a DC source coupled to at least one of the RF coils to form a shimming RF coil, the DC source configured to force a select DC current through the shimming RF coil to at least partially shim the non-homogeneous characteristics of the B0 field. The shimming RF coil includes first and second conductors that exhibit distributed capacitance along a length thereof. At least one of the first and second conductors have first and second termination ends with an elongated and continuous conductive path therebetween to convey the select DC current from the DC source through the shimming RF coil.
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公开(公告)号:US09864027B1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-09
申请号:US15174671
申请日:2016-06-06
申请人: FONAR Corporation
发明人: Raymond V. Damadian , Gordon T. Danby , Hank Hsieh , John W. Jackson , Mark Gelbien , William H. Wahl , Charles A. Green
IPC分类号: G01V3/00 , G01R33/38 , G01R33/30 , G01R33/3815 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/3875 , G01R33/387
CPC分类号: G01R33/3804 , G01R33/307 , G01R33/3802 , G01R33/3806 , G01R33/3815 , G01R33/387 , G01R33/3873 , G01R33/3875 , G01R33/421 , G01R33/58 , G01R35/005 , H01F6/04 , H01F6/06
摘要: A magnetic resonance imaging configuration and methodology to straighten and otherwise homogenize the field lines in the imaging portion, creating improved image quality. Through use of calibrated corrective coils, magnetic field lines can be manipulated to improve uniformity and image quality. Additionally, when the apparatus is composed of non-ferromagnetic materials, field strengths can be increased to overcome limitations of Iron-based systems such as by use of superconductivity. A patient positioning apparatus and methodology allows multi-positioning of a patient within the calibrated and more uniform magnetic field lines.
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公开(公告)号:US09846209B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-19
申请号:US14462746
申请日:2014-08-19
申请人: Krohne AG
IPC分类号: G01R33/38 , G01R33/3873 , G01F1/716 , G01R33/24 , G01R33/34 , G01R33/3875 , G01F15/00 , G01N24/08
CPC分类号: G01R33/3873 , G01F1/716 , G01F15/00 , G01N24/08 , G01R33/24 , G01R33/34046 , G01R33/3875
摘要: A homogenization device for homogenization of a magnetic field with an non-magnetic carrier and compensation elements formed of a magnetic material, the carrier having a carrier wall and the carrier wall surrounding a carrier interior, in the homogenization device located in the magnetic field the magnetic field penetrating into the carrier interior through a first carrier region of the carrier wall and emerging from the carrier interior through a second carrier region of the carrier wall and each of the compensation elements which are located on the carrier contributing to the homogenization of the magnetic field at least in the carrier interior. In the homogenization device, handling during homogenization is improved in that there are recesses in the carrier wall and in each of the recesses at least one of the compensation elements can be directly inserted and removed.
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