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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Scott Hinks, Waukesha, WI (US);
Robert A. Kraft, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Saban Kurucay, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
Monitor signals are acquired in an interleaved manner during a scan with an MRI system. Frequency changes caused by variations in the polarizing magnetic field B,are measured using the monitor signals, and these measured frequency changes are employed to compensate image data acquired during the scan.