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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2010
Applicants:

Thomas Grafendorfer, Meno Park, CA (US);

Paul David Calderon, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Fraser Robb, Aurora, OH (US);

James S. Tropp, Berkeley, CA (US);

Greig Cameron Scott, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shreyas Vasanawala, Stanford, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Grafendorfer, Meno Park, CA (US);

Paul David Calderon, Castro Valley, CA (US);

Fraser Robb, Aurora, OH (US);

James S. Tropp, Berkeley, CA (US);

Greig Cameron Scott, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Shreyas Vasanawala, Stanford, CA (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for generating preamplifier feedback in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems are provided. A preamplifier arrangement for the MRI system includes a plurality of preamplifiers with each of the preamplifiers connected to a different channel of a multi-channel coil array of the MRI system. The preamplifier arrangement further includes a feedback network connected to each of the plurality of preamplifiers with each of the feedback networks configured to generate negative feedback at one or more oscillation frequencies.


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