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Applications
Features
Specifications
Mapping
and Shimming a 7T Whole Body Magnet
Additional
Information
Magnet
Management
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MAPPING
OF A 7T WHOLE BODY MRI MAGNET
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE, NIH
June
2003
Special
thanks to
Dr. Douglas Kelley, GE Medical Systems and
Dr. Alan Koretsky, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, NIH
for the permission to show the mapping results
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
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Magnetic
system |
Solenoid
magnet, 900 mm ID, 7T field strength |
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Goals |
Raw
magnet field mapping, SC and RT shim convergence
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Data
acquisition and analysis equipment |
FMU-1200
magnetic field mapping unit |
HOMOGENEITY CONTOURS
Before adjustment of SC and RT
shims
After adjustment of SC and RT shims
MAGNETIC
FIELD MAPS
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RAW
MAGNET |
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AFTER
ADJUSTMENT OF SC SHIMS |
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AFTER
ADJUSTMENT OF RT SHIMS |
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