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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jingfei Ma, Waukesha, WI (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Graeme C McKinnon, Hartland, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324309 ; 324322 ;
Abstract
An MRI system includes a gradient compensation system which appends magnetization reset gradient waveforms to imaging gradient waveforms produced during a scan. The magnetization compensation gradients maintain the residual magnetization in the MRI system at a constant level which reduces image artifacts.