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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2004
Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Stephentown, NY (US);
Kathleen Melanie Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Daniel Barber, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Stephentown, NY (US);
Kathleen Melanie Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Daniel Barber, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Briefly in accordance with one aspect, the present technique provides a method for heating a permanent magnet in a magnetic resonance imaging system. The method for heating a permanent magnet includes directly heating a surface of the permanent magnet using a surface heater. The present technique also provides a system for heating a permanent magnet in a magnetic resonance imaging system. The system includes a surface heater configured to directly heat a surface of the permanent magnet.