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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Applicant:
Timothy Hollis, Bicester, GB;
Inventor:
Timothy Hollis, Bicester, GB;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Gradient coils for generating gradient magnetic fields in a magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. In one embodiment, a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system may include a plurality of turns formed generally in a figure-eight. The figure-eight may form a first section configured to overly a section of a first adjacent coil, a second section configured to underly another section of the first adjacent coil, a third section configured to overly a section of a second adjacent coil, and a fourth section configured to underly another section of the second adjacent coil.