Systems and methods for ramping down magnetic resonance magnet
AssigneeShanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
InventorJianfeng Liu
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance system may include a magnetic resonance magnet and a storage container configured to accommodate the magnetic resonance magnet. The storage container may also contain an endothermic liquid. The magnetic resonance system may further include a ramping-down device configured to trigger releasing electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet. The first ramping-down device may include an electric energy consumption device configured to consume at least a portion of the released electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet.
Claims17
A magnetic resonance system, comprising:
- a magnetic resonance magnet;
- a storage container configured to contain the magnetic resonance magnet and an endothermic liquid;
- a first ramping-down device configured to trigger releasing electric energy from the magnetic resonance magnet, the first ramping-down device including an electric energy consumption device configured to consume at least a portion of the released electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet;
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- a second ramping-down device configured to increase a temperature of the magnetic resonance magnet.
A method for ramping down a magnetic resonance magnet contained in a storage container, the storage container containing an endothermic liquid, the method comprising:
- obtaining an environmental condition related to the magnetic resonance magnet;
- determining whether the environmental condition related to the magnetic resonance magnet satisfies a first condition;
- ramping down the magnetic resonance magnet in a first mode in response to a result of the determination that the environmental condition related to the magnetic resonance magnet satisfies the first condition, the first mode including:
- heating, by a first heater, a superconductor electrically coupled to the magnetic resonance magnet, wherein when the first heater increases a temperature of the superconductor by heating the superconductor, the superconductor is disconnected to the magnetic resonance magnet or the superconductor loses a superconduct condition;
- consuming electric energy from the magnetic resonance magnet, by an electric energy consumption device residing outside the storage container, when the superconductor is disconnected to the magnetic resonance magnet or the superconductor loses the superconduct condition, thereby ramping down the magnetic resonance magnet;
- determining whether the environmental condition related to the magnetic resonance magnet satisfies a second condition;
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- ramping down the magnetic resonance magnet in a second mode in response to a result of the determination that the environmental condition related to the magnetic resonance magnet satisfies the second condition. the second mode being different from the first mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.