IP Library Granted Patent US 8,633,698
Granted Patent B2
US 8,633,698 · App. 12/644,470 · Granted Jan 21, 2014

Gradient coil device, magnetic resonance imaging device, and method of designing coil pattern

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Patent No.
US 8,633,698
App. No.
12/644,470
Granted
Jan 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a gradient coil device which can suppress any generation of an error magnetic field and thus an eddy current, and which can improve the image quality of a cross-sectional image. An MRI device includes a first coil generating a linear magnetic field distribution at an imaging region of the MRI device, and a second coil which suppresses any leakage of a magnetic field from the first coil to a static-magnetic-field coil device that generates a uniform magnetic field distribution at the imaging region.

Claims (27)

1. A gradient coil device comprising:

a first coil which generates a linear magnetic field distribution at an imaging region of a magnetic resonance imaging device; and

a second coil which suppresses any leakage of a magnetic field from the first coil to a static-magnetic-field coil that generates a uniform magnetic field distribution at the imaging region,

wherein a connecting line of at least either one of the first coil and the second coil intersecting with a return line from a spiral coil pattern meanders so that the connecting line goes down, goes up and goes down in a trough-like and crest-like manner, as a connecting line coil pattern.

2. A gradient coil device according to claim 1 , wherein

wherein at least either one of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil pattern having an bypassed interval which intersects with a feeder line to a spiral coil pattern and a return line from the coil pattern.

3. A magnetic resonance imaging device comprising:

the gradient coil device according to claim 2 ; and

a static-magnetic-field coil device which is arranged adjacent to the gradient coil device, and which generates a uniform static magnetic field at an imaging region of the magnetic resonance imaging device.

4. A magnetic resonance imaging device comprising:

the gradient coil device according to claim 1 ; and

a static-magnetic-field coil device which is arranged adjacent to the gradient coil device, and which generates a uniform static magnetic field at an imaging region of the magnetic resonance imaging device.

5. The gradient coil device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting line more specifically meanders in a sinusoidal-like pattern.

6. A gradient coil device comprising:

a first coil which generates a linear magnetic field distribution at an imaging region of a magnetic resonance imaging device; and

a second coil which suppresses any leakage of a magnetic field from the first coil to a static-magnetic-field coil that generates a uniform magnetic field distribution at the imaging region,

wherein a connecting line of at least either one of the first coil and the second coil intersecting with a return line from a spiral coil pattern meanders initially in a same direction as a direction as the return line, then reverses in an opposite direction to the same direction, and then reverses in the same direction in a trough-like and crest-like manner, as a connecting line coil pattern.

7. A gradient coil device according to claim 6 , wherein

wherein at least either one of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil pattern having an bypassed interval which intersects with a feeder line to a spiral coil pattern and a return line from the coil pattern.

8. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus comprising:

a gradient coil device comprising:

a first coil which generates a linear magnetic field distribution at an imaging region of a magnetic resonance imaging device; and

a second coil which suppresses any leakage of a magnetic field from the first coil to a static-magnetic-field coil that generates a uniform magnetic field distribution at the imaging region,

wherein a connecting line of at least either one of the first coil and the second coil intersecting with a return line from a spiral coil pattern meanders so that the connecting line goes down, goes up and goes down in a trough-like and crest-like manner, as a connecting line coil pattern.

9. An MRI apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

wherein at least either one of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil pattern having an bypassed interval which intersects with a feeder line to a spiral coil pattern and a return line from the coil pattern.

10. An MRI apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the connecting line more specifically meanders in a sinusoidal-like pattern.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069869/0742 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 11, 2024
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070607/0442 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE PROPERTY AND APPLICATION NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058026 FRAME: 0559. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: HITACHI LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058917/0853 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058026/0559 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2016
From: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 040545/0254 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2010
From: ABE, MITSUSHI; IMAMURA, YUKINOBU; KUROME, AKIRA
To: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023952/0819 →