Automatic configuration of a low field magnetic resonance imaging system
AssigneeHyperfine Research, Inc.
InventorsJonathan M. Rothberg, Jeremy Christopher Jordan, Michael Stephen Poole, Laura Sacolick, Todd Rearick, Gregory L. Charvat
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Abstract
In some aspects, a method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a B0 magnet and at least one thermal management component configured to transfer heat away from the B0 magnet during operation is provided. The method comprises providing operating power to the B0 magnet, monitoring a temperature of the B0 magnet to determine a current temperature of the B0 magnet, and operating the at least one thermal management component at less than operational capacity in response to an occurrence of at least one event.
Claims35
A method of configuring a magnetic resonance imaging system having a component to which radio frequency coils of different types can be operatively coupled, the method comprising:
- using at least one sensor, detecting whether a radio frequency coil is operatively coupled to the component of the magnetic resonance imaging system;
- determining information about the radio frequency coil in response to determining that the radio frequency coil is operatively coupled to the magnetic resonance imaging system;
- based on the information determined about the radio frequency coil, providing, by the magnetic resonance imaging system, information about at least one imaging procedure available using the radio frequency coil;
- automatically performing at least one action to configure the magnetic resonance imaging system to operate with the radio frequency coil based, at least in part, on the information about the radio frequency coil;
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- operating the radio frequency coil by applying a pulse sequence corresponding to a selected imaging procedure to obtain at least one magnetic resonance image.
A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- a B0 magnet configured to provide at least a portion of a B0 magnetic field;
- a component to which radio frequency coils of different types can be operatively coupled;
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- at least one controller configured to:
- detect whether a radio frequency coil is operatively coupled to the component of the magnetic resonance imaging system;
- determine information about the radio frequency coil in response to determining that the radio frequency coil is operatively coupled to the magnetic resonance imaging system;
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- based on the information determined about the radio frequency coil, provide information about at least one imaging protocol available using the radio frequency coil for selection by an operator;
- automatically perform at least one action to configure the magnetic resonance imaging system to operate with the radio frequency coil based, at least in part, on the information about the radio frequency coil;
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- operate the radio frequency coil by applying a pulse sequence corresponding to a selected imaging protocol to obtain at least one magnetic resonance image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.