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Surface coils with integrated shims

  • US 6,100,695 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1999
  • Issued: 08/08/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of localized shimming of a main magnetic field in magnetic resonance imaging comprising:

  • (a) generating a localized magnetic field that is substantially equal and opposite to localized non-uniformities in a main magnetic field of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, said non-uniformities resulting from the geometric shape and susceptibility of a localized region of a subject being imaged within the main magnetic field.

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