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US 2016/0252594 A1Published application
Local shim coil within a local coil for local b0 homogenization in an mrt examination
OwnerStephan Biberinventor
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Abstract
A local coil for an imaging system, in particular an MRI scanner. The local coil is an MRI scanner local coil within which the head of a patient may be positioned, and that includes at least one shim coil.
Claims20
A local coil for an imaging system, the local coil comprising:
- a head coil comprising a housing, the head coil being configured so that the head of a patient is positionable in the head coil and the neck of the patient is positionable on a nape section of the housing;
- and
- at least one shim coil, a conductor of a shim coil of the at least one shim coil being disposed in the nape section of the housing,
- wherein a power supply, a controller, or the power supply and the controller of the at least one shim coil are arranged in the housing.
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A local coil for an imaging system, the local coil comprising:
- a head coil comprising a housing, the head coil being configured so that the head of a patient is positionable in the head coil and the neck of the patient is positionable on a nape section of the housing;
- and
- two or more shim coils, a conductor of a shim coil of the two or more shim coils being disposed in the nape section of the housing.
A local coil for an imaging system, the local coil comprising:
- a head coil comprising a housing, the head coil being configured so that the head of a patient is positionable in the head coil and the neck of the patient is positionable on a nape section of the housing;
- and
- at least one shim coil, a conductor of a shim coil of the at least one shim coil being disposed in the nape section of the housing,
- wherein the at least one shim coil comprises a power supply, a current source of the power supply being controllable, and
- wherein the current source of the power supply comprises a protective circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.