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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Ye Li, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Qiaoyan Chen, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Jo Lee, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Chao Luo, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Jianhong Wen, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Chao Zou, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Xin Liu, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, Nanshan Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A shimming system for magnetic resonance imaging is provided, which includes: a multi-channel local shim coil unit configured to be installed on an inspection table of a magnetic resonance imaging system, where the multi-channel local shim coil unit includes a local multi-channel shim coil and a radio frequency receiving coil for receiving magnetic resonance signals, and the radio frequency receiving coil is placed inside the local multi-channel shim coil and separated by a distance from the local multi-channel shim coil; a computer control system configured to install and set software controlled by a DC power and calculate field maps and calculate optimization processes; a DC power system communicatively connected to the computer control system to control a value of current of each channel; and a housing having a semi-cylindrical configuration, where the local multi-channel shim coil is only distributed on a semi-cylindrical surface of the semi-cylindrical configuration of the housing.