- 专利标题: System and method for improved radio-frequency detection or B0 field shimming in magnetic resonance imaging
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申请号: US14648485申请日: 2013-12-02
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公开(公告)号: US10261145B2公开(公告)日: 2019-04-16
- 发明人: Lawrence Wald , Jason Stockmann
- 申请人: Lawrence Wald , Jason Stockmann
- 申请人地址: US MA Boston
- 专利权人: The General Hospital Corporation
- 当前专利权人: The General Hospital Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US MA Boston
- 代理机构: Quarles & Brady LLP
- 国际申请: PCT/US2013/072591 WO 20131202
- 国际公布: WO2014/088941 WO 20140612
- 主分类号: G01V3/00
- IPC分类号: G01V3/00 ; G01R33/3415 ; G01R33/341 ; G01R33/3875 ; A61B5/055
摘要:
A system and method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and static field (B0) shimming. A coil system includes a conductive loop configured to be arranged proximate to a region of interest (ROI). The coil system also includes an alternating current (AC) circuit electrically connecting the conductive loop to an AC electrical connection configured to be coupled to an MRI system to communicate medical imaging signals received by the conductive loop from the ROI during a medical imaging procedure to the MRI system. The coil system further includes a direct current (DC) circuit electrically connecting the conductive loop to a DC electrical connection configured to be coupled to a DC power source and a plurality of circuit components configured to block DC signals from reaching the AC electrical connection in order to produce a spatially varying static magnetic field for shimming inhomogenieties of the static field.