System and method for using coils in magnetic resonance imaging
US10921398B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/56366
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Some implementations provide an MRI system that includes: a housing having a bore accommodating a portion of a subject; a main magnet enclosed by said housing and configured to generate a substantially uniform magnet field within the bore; a gradient sub-system to provide perturbations to the substantially uniform magnet field; a flexible coil assembly configured to (i) receive radio frequency (RF) signals from the subject in response to the portion of the subject being scanned, and (ii) generate and apply B0 shimming to improve a field homogeneity of the substantially uniform magnetic field; and a control unit configured to: drive the gradient sub-system using a gradient waveform; and receive measurement results responsive to the gradient waveform such that a coupling between the gradient sub-system and the flexible coil assembly is determined and subsequently reduced in response to the determined coupling exceeding a pre-determined threshold.
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