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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Quality Electrodynamics, Llc, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Labros Petropoulos, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Xiaoyu Yang, Indiana, PA (US);
Hiroyuki Fujita, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Quality Electrodynamics, LLC, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) knee coil comprising a local shim coil. The local shim coil is disposed in a housing of the MRI knee coil. An electromagnetic coil is also disposed in the housing and spaced from the local shim coil. The local shim coil comprises one or more conductors. Each of the conductors of the local shim coil are disposed on a semi-cylindrical surface, and the semi-cylindrical surface extends laterally from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing. The local shim coil is configured to generate a local shimming magnetic field that reduces a localized magnetic field inhomogeneity caused by a susceptibility artifact disposed in a knee of a patient.