Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and eddy current compensation method
- Patent Title (中): 磁共振成像装置和涡流补偿方法
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Application No.: US13377275Application Date: 2010-06-04
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Publication No.: US09297876B2Publication Date: 2016-03-29
- Inventor: Akiko Kaneta , Hiroyuki Takeuchi , Shouichi Miyawaki
- Applicant: Akiko Kaneta , Hiroyuki Takeuchi , Shouichi Miyawaki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2009-138785 20090610
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/059501 WO 20100604
- International Announcement: WO2010/143586 WO 20101216
- Main IPC: G01R33/58
- IPC: G01R33/58 ; G01R33/38 ; G01R33/565

Abstract:
An object is to correct a magnetic field caused by an eddy current, which is generated due to application of a gradient magnetic field, not only in the application direction of the gradient magnetic field but also in a direction different from the application direction of the gradient magnetic field. In the present invention, in order to achieve this object, a compensation magnetic field which compensates for an eddy current magnetic field generated in each of an application direction of a test gradient magnetic field and a direction different from the application direction in each direction is calculated using the test gradient magnetic field. When generating an arbitrary gradient magnetic field, a compensation magnetic field which compensates for an eddy current magnetic field according to application of an arbitrary gradient magnetic field on the basis of the measured eddy current magnetic field in each direction is generated together with the arbitrary gradient magnetic field.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120098535A1 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND EDDY CURRENT COMPENSATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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