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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1990
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A gradient coil for generating a periodically changing read-out gradient in a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is operated in a series resonant circuit having a capacitor. One of the elements of the series resonant circuit is charged before the beginning of each read-out gradient. The gradient coil can be charged with current, or the capacitor can be charged with voltage. Such operation either avoids or significantly shortens the transient effect which occurs after excitation of the nuclear spins. The use of a series resonant circuit instead of a parallel resonant circuit significantly reduces the voltage load on the gradient amplifier, so that the gradient amplifier can be constructed simpler and more inexpensively.