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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3873 (2006.01); G01R 33/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3873 (2013.01); G01R 33/3802 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a shim iron () for use with an magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus (), wherein the shim iron () is comprised of a stack of shim plates (), wherein at least two of the shim plates () comprise slits, the slits forming a respective slit pattern of the slit shim plates (), and wherein the slit patterns, when viewed from the same viewing direction, are comprised of at least two different slit patterns which may not be brought into congruent coverage with each other. In this way, a shim iron () is provided which does not heat up to high temperatures due to eddy currents.