MRT gradient system with integrated main magnetic field generation

US9182465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Ralph Kimmlingen · Zirndorf, DE
• Johann Schuster · Oberasbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: May 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/3873
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance tomography system that has a gradient field coil system for generating a gradient field is provided. The gradient field coil system is also a main magnetic field generation system for generating a main field.