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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Jung-woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-je Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyug-rae Cho, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3852 (2013.01); G01R 33/3614 (2013.01);
Abstract
An magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device includes at least one amplifier, a control module which controls an operating module of the at least one amplifier, a back-up control module, a determination unit for determining whether the control module is operating normally, and a switching module for performing a switching operation to switch operations of the control module to the at least one back-up control module in the event of abnormal operation of the control module.