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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Masateru Iwasa, Otawara, JP;
Kazuto Nogami, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Fumitoshi Kojima, Otawara, JP;
Yoshitomo Sakakura, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Kohei Adachi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A feedforward control unit predicts the maximum value of the temperature of a gradient coil based on a power duty and a scan time of a pulse sequence, and a present temperature of the gradient coil. When the maximum value exceeds a predetermined upper limit, the feedforward control unit then instructs a temperature adjusting unit to start a water circulation in a chiller at the start of a prescan, and the temperature adjusting unit starts the water circulation based on the instruction.