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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Viewray Technologies, Inc., Oakwood Village, OH (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Chmielewski, Aurora, OH (US);
Shmaryu M. Shvartsman, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
VIEWRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Oakwood Village, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/381 (2006.01); G01R 33/383 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56563 (2013.01); G01R 33/381 (2013.01); G01R 33/383 (2013.01); G01R 33/565 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for reducing an appearance of an artifact in an image generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generating device configured to create an inhomogeneity in the magnetic field of an MRI system and prevent at least one out-of-field excitation during imaging.