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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/38 (2006.01); G01R 33/3873 (2006.01); G01R 33/421 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3804 (2013.01); G01R 33/3802 (2013.01); G01R 33/3873 (2013.01); G01R 33/4215 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4902 (2015.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and method of manufacture including shims provided in outermost or an innermost part of a gradient coil unit. The MRI apparatus includes: a static coil unit configured to form a static field in a subject; and a gradient coil unit configured to form a gradient field in the static field, wherein the gradient coil unit includes one or more shims in an outermost part or an innermost part.