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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Yuly M Pulyer, Revere, MA (US);
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A magnet resonance imaging system is described having an open magnet structure that provides a remote region of background field homogeneity for imaging that is open and accessible. The system includes spatial encoding gradient coils and a rf coil. The open magnet structure has an planar active shimming coil array that provides a remote region of enhanced field homogeneity with open geometry for easy accessibility to a patient. Preferably, the active planar shimming coil array has one or more pair of current loops arranged and constructed in a plane separating the open magnet structure from the remote region, a first loop having current in a first direction to provide a magnetic flux (i.e., magnetization vector) away from the plane and a second loop having current in the opposite direction to provide a magnetic flux (i.e., magnetization vector) toward the plane.