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- Patent Title: System and method for improved radio-frequency detection or B0 field shimming in magnetic resonance imaging
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Application No.: US14648485Application Date: 2013-12-02
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Publication No.: US10261145B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Lawrence Wald , Jason Stockmann
- Applicant: Lawrence Wald , Jason Stockmann
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
- Current Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/072591 WO 20131202
- International Announcement: WO2014/088941 WO 20140612
- Main IPC: G01V3/00
- IPC: G01V3/00 ; G01R33/3415 ; G01R33/341 ; G01R33/3875 ; A61B5/055

Abstract:
A system and method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and static field (B0) shimming. A coil system includes a conductive loop configured to be arranged proximate to a region of interest (ROI). The coil system also includes an alternating current (AC) circuit electrically connecting the conductive loop to an AC electrical connection configured to be coupled to an MRI system to communicate medical imaging signals received by the conductive loop from the ROI during a medical imaging procedure to the MRI system. The coil system further includes a direct current (DC) circuit electrically connecting the conductive loop to a DC electrical connection configured to be coupled to a DC power source and a plurality of circuit components configured to block DC signals from reaching the AC electrical connection in order to produce a spatially varying static magnetic field for shimming inhomogenieties of the static field.
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