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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Timothy James Hollis, Oxford, GB;
Yuri Lvovsky, Florence, SC (US);
Inventors:
Timothy James Hollis, Oxford, GB;
Yuri Lvovsky, Florence, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during ramping are provided. One method includes reducing pressure in a cryogen vessel of an MRI system during magnet ramping. The method also includes returning pressure in the cryogen vessel to a normal operating pressure level after magnet ramping is complete.