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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Hiromi Kawamoto, Yaita, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromi Kawamoto, Yaita, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A passive shim coil is disposed in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus for shielding magnetic flux of a gradient magnetic field at an inner circumference side generated by a gradient coil, and is set at an outer circumference side of the gradient coil. The coil body is formed of a portion including a superconducting material and a portion including a non-superconducting material.