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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
William F. B. Punchard, Sudbury, MA (US);
Kai-ming Lo, Westford, MA (US);
Piotr M. Starewicz, Somerville, MA (US);
Hoby Hetherington, Woodbridge, CT (US);
William F. B. Punchard, Sudbury, MA (US);
Kai-Ming Lo, Westford, MA (US);
Piotr M. Starewicz, Somerville, MA (US);
Hoby Hetherington, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is a portable in-bore shim coil insert suitable for correcting high-degree and high-order magnetic field inhomogeneities over a limited examination zone in a magnetic resonance assembly operating above 3 T magnetic field strengths, wherein the magnetic resonance assembly includes at least a MRI magnet having an internal bore of known configuration and volume, at least one set of gradient coils, and an arrangement of radio frequency coils. The in-bore shim coil insert and corresponding method of use is able to produce higher degree and order shimming effects on-demand (i.e., the correction of at least some 3to 6degree field terms or inhomogeneities) and will markedly improve the quality of in-vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy and/or imaging of any desired anatomic site, i.e., any or all of the various organs, tissues, and systems present in the body of a living subject.