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US 11,454,686 B2Granted
Gradient system for a magnetic resonance imaging system
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorStefan Popescu
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Abstract
A gradient system for a magnetic resonance imaging system can include at least two examination areas using a common basic magnetic field and a number of gradient coils in the at least two examination areas, and a gradient controller configured such that it controls the electric current flowing through at least two gradient coils for similar gradient axes in different examination areas in a temporal synchronous manner.
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A gradient system for a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- at least two examination areas using a common basic magnetic field and a number of gradient coils in the at least two examination areas, and
- a gradient controller configured to control electric current flowing through at least two gradient coils, for similar gradient axes in different examination areas, in a temporal synchronous manner, wherein each of the at least two gradient coils comprise a central plane, the at least two gradient coils being arranged such that the respective central planes of the at least two adjacent gradient coils are at an angle greater than 10° to another so that the at least two gradient coils form a V-shaped arrangement.
A controller for a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising:
- an interface configured to interface with a scanner of the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging system further includes:
- at least two examination areas, a basic field magnet configured to generate a common basic magnetic field, and a gradient system including gradient coils in each examination area of the at least two examination areas;
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- a processor configured to control, in a temporal synchronous manner, an application of electric current flowing through the at least two gradient coils for similar gradient axes in different examination areas of the at least two examination areas, wherein a number of the at least two gradient coils cover a side of a whole field-of-view of an examination area of the at least two examination areas, the number of the at least two gradient coils are mechanically and/or permanently attached to the scanner.
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A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- at least two examination areas;
- a basic field magnet configured to generate a common basic magnetic field;
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- a gradient system including:
- gradient coils in each examination area of the at least two examination areas, and
- a gradient controller configured to control electric current flowing through at least two of the gradient coils, for similar gradient axes in different examination areas, in a temporal synchronous manner, wherein central planes of the gradient coils of the gradient system on at least one side of an examination area, of the at least two examination areas, are parallel to the basic field magnet.
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A gradient system for a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- at least two examination areas using a common basic magnetic field and a number of gradient coils in the at least two examination areas, and
- a gradient controller configured to control electric current flowing through at least two gradient coils, for similar gradient axes in different examination areas, in a temporal synchronous manner, wherein the at least two gradient coils are arranged such that a resulting gradient field has a toroidal shape or a toroidal shape with straight passages, the at least two gradient coils being arranged star-shaped around at least one central axis, rotary-symmetrical.
A gradient system for a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- at least two examination areas using a common basic magnetic field and a number of gradient coils in the at least two examination areas, and
- a gradient controller configured to control electric current flowing through at least two gradient coils, for similar gradient axes in different examination areas, in a temporal synchronous manner, wherein:
- gradient coils are arranged such that an examination area of the at least two examination areas comprises a gradient coil on only a single side of the examination area,
- the number of gradient coils for a group of the examination areas corresponds to a number of examination areas in the group of examination areas, and
- a separating element between adjacent examination areas of the at least two examination areas comprises only a single gradient coil for each gradient axis for both of the adjacent examination areas.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.