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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Biber, Erlangen, DE;
Adrian Bampton, Abingdon, GB;
Markus Vester, Nuremberg, DE;
Andre de Oliveira, Uttenreuth, DE;
Volker Model, Fürth, DE;
Jürgen Nistler, Erlangen, DE;
Andreas Potthast, Erlangen, DE;
Adam Paul Johnstone, Thame, GB;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/3815 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3815 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/446 (2013.01); G01R 33/3635 (2013.01); G01R 33/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes exciting a body coil of the MRI apparatus to emit a radio-frequency signal, determining a center frequency of a resonance curve of the body coil, and calculating a magnet target frequency based on the determined center frequency. A magnet is ramped to the magnet target frequency.