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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Tim Nielsen, Hamburg, DE;
Christoph Günther Leussler, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Vernickel, Hamburg, DE;
Oliver Lips, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3692 (2013.01); G01R 33/3607 (2013.01); G01R 33/583 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of setting an RF operating frequency of an MRI system () uses a first reference frequency signal, obtained from a geo-satellite positioning system, as a stable long term frequency reference. A second frequency source () is calibrated using the first frequency reference signal and the second frequency reference source () is then used as the master clock for the MRI system (), for setting the RF operating frequency.