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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1993
John L Patrick, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Paul T Orlando, Mentor, OH (US);
Nicholas J Mastandrea, Bedford Heights, OH (US);
Picker International, Inc., Highland Hts., OH (US);
Abstract
A toroidal vacuum dewer (22) holds a superconducting magnet assembly (10) which generates a substantially temporally constant magnetic field through a central bore (12). A whole body gradient coil (30) and a whole body RF coil assembly (32) are mounted to a cylindrical member (24) of the dewar. An insertable gradient coil assembly (40) is selectively insertable into and removable from the bore. The insertable gradient coil assembly includes gradient coils for selectively generating magnetic field gradients along three mutually orthogonal axes, e.g. x, y, and z-axes. A flexible cable (42) connects the insertable gradient coil with a series of current amplifiers (44). The current amplifiers selectively generate current pulses which are fed along feed conductors (84) of the coil assembly and which return along return conductors (86) of the cable. The feed and return conductors are configured such that the net feed and the net return current traverse the same effective path in opposite directions. Stated more mathematically,