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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Longzhi Jiang, Florence, SC (US);
Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Scaturro, Jr., Florence, SC (US);
William Louis Einziger, Florence, SC (US);
Longzhi Jiang, Florence, SC (US);
Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Scaturro, Jr., Florence, SC (US);
William Louis Einziger, Florence, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with a thermal reservoir and method for cooling are provided. A cooling vessel for a magnet system of the MRI system includes a first portion containing a helium cryogen in contact with a plurality of magnet coils of an MRI system. The cooling vessel also includes a second portion separate from and fluidly decoupled from the first portion, with the second portion containing a material different than the helium cryogen and having a volume greater than the first portion.