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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Bruker Biospin Ag, Faellanden, CH;
Jacco Douwe van Beek, Volketswil, CH;
Thomas Speck, Thalwil, CH;
Bruker BioSpin AG, Faellanden, CH;
Abstract
A method for homogenizing the static magnetic field with a distribution B(r) in the active volume of a magnetic resonance apparatus having a number N of shim coils defines a target field distribution BT(r) using a filter method in which a norm of the shim currents is influenced by means of filter factors. An optimization procedure works in a parameter space having M control parameters, wherein 2≦M<N. One of the control parameters is used as a weighting parameter for modification of a spatial weighting function and another control parameter is used to control the filter factors. Using this method the hardware limitations can be taken into account when determining the target field distribution, without a significant increase in the computational effort to determine the target field distribution during optimization.