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Thermal shield of magnetic resonance imaging magnet for limiting magnet gradient interaction

US11604239B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

GE Precision Healthcare LLC · US

Inventors

Minfeng Xu · Ballston Lake, US
Anbo Wu · Clifton Park, US
Yihe Hua · Wuxi, CN
Mark Ernest Vermilyea · Niskayuna, US
Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo · Clifton Park, US
Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson · Stephentown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 19, 2021
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3802
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for minimizing MGI in a superconducting magnet system of an MRI system includes a thermal shield having bi-metal material. The thermal shield is configured to be disposed about a cold mass of the superconducting magnet system, wherein the bi-metal material is configured to minimize MGI.

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