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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Margaret Ann Wiza, New Berlin, WI (US);
Melissa Jean Freeman, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Syed Saad Asif Ali, Brookfield, WI (US);
Douglas John Link, Lake Mills, WI (US);
Michael Thomas Rose, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Tanzania Samone Sewell, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for supplying electrical power to a gradient amplifier that drives a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The method includes predicting a gradient voltage required to drive the gradient coil for a scan based at least in part on a gradient coil model. The method further includes calculating a voltage set point for a power supply based at least in part on the predicted gradient voltage. The method further includes providing electrical power to the gradient amplifier via the power supply based at least in part on the calculated voltage set point. The gradient coil model is based at least in part on historical data acquired prior to the scan.