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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1996
C Celil Guclu, Irvine, CA (US);
Orhan Nalcioglu, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The gradient coil currents driving the RF gradient coil within an magnetic resonance imaging system are noninvasively monitored with Hall-effect sensors to produce a real-time, k-space map of the scanning gradient coil currents. The k-space map, when visually depicted, readily displays imperfections in the magnetic resonance imaging scanning hardware and software, more particularly in the scanning gradient coil currents. Based on the k-space map imperfections which are determined from analysis of the k-space map, operation of the magnetic resonance imaging system may be remotely monitored in real-time, and remotely repaired or altered to improve the magnetic resonance image quality. The k-space, real-time map can also be used as a real-time system development for use as a research and design tool for magnetic resonance imaging systems.
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