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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Florence, SC (US);
Derek Allan Seeber, Florence, SC (US);
Seung-Kyun Lee, Cohoes, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/3875 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3875 (2013.01); G01R 33/56518 (2013.01); G01R 33/56563 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for improving image quality in a magnetic resonance imaging system, the method includes rapidly modulating an electrical current in a matrix shim coil of the magnetic resonance imaging system to compensate high order eddy currents in the system.