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US 10,295,630 B2Granted
Gradient coil with variable dimension
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSung Man Moon, Shahed Ashraf, William Louis Einziger, Derek Allan Seeber
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a variable wire dimension gradient coil. In one example, a gradient coil includes a length of coiled wire, the wire comprising a first segment having a first width and a second segment having a second width, the second width smaller than the first width.
Claims6
A gradient coil for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising:
- a length of coiled wire, the wire comprising:
- a first segment including a first hollow channel, the first segment having a first width and the first hollow channel having a first channel width;
- and
- a second segment including a second hollow channel, the second segment having a second width and the second hollow channel having a second channel width, the second width smaller than the first width and the second channel width smaller than the first channel width.
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