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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald Dean Watkins, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Daniel Barber, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Peter George Frischmann, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
An MRI system includes a magnet which produces the main polarizing magnetic field. Variations in strength of this field are corrected by a temperature compensation system that calculates a compensating flux needed to maintain the field at constant strength. The compensating flux is calculated from changes in sensed magnet temperature and a magnet temperature coefficient. One or more correction coils are wound around the magnet and driven with the current necessary to produce the compensating flux.