Patent · US Expired

Switchable longitudinal gradient coil

US6515479B1 · kind B1 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Winfried Arz · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Matthias Gebhardt · Erlangen, DE
Franz Schmitt · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2000
Grant date	Feb 4, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/385
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A switchable longitudinal gradient coil with a cylindrical structure and windings that are symmetrically arranged around the Z-axis is composed of discrete windings or winding packets, or of continuous windings or continuous winding packets, which are provided with a separate supply line to an end face and which, outside of the coil, can be selectively connected to one another individually and/or in groups corresponding to the desired performance features.

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