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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Longzhi Jiang, Florence, SC (US);
Inventor:
Longzhi Jiang, Florence, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 1/00 (2006.01); H01F 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal shield and method for thermally cooling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. One thermal shield includes a cooling tube forming a frame. The cooling tube is configured to receive therethrough cryogen fluid from a cryogen vessel of an MRI system. The thermal shield further includes at least one thermal control layer surrounding the frame and together with the frame is configured to provide thermal shielding of the MRI system.