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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Resonance Research, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);

Inventors:

Hoby P. Hetherington, Wexford, PA (US);

Kai-Ming Lo, Westford, MA (US);

William F. B. Punchard, Woodstock, GB;

Piotr M. Starewicz, Lexington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Resonance Research, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3875 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/38 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3875 (2013.01); G01R 33/3802 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/3858 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for structurally designing that article of manufacture and a constructed and operational article of manufacture that will allow the inclusion of minimally coupled higher order/degree shim coils in any magnetic resonance apparatus. The novel system and methodology includes determining the shim coil terminal voltage without any prior or advance knowledge of the configuration of the electrical windings of the imaging gradient coil that is inducing that voltage.


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