WO2003062847A1 - Optimisation de l'homogeneite d'un champ magnetique passif a l'aide de cales passives - Google Patents

Optimisation de l'homogeneite d'un champ magnetique passif a l'aide de cales passives Download PDF

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WO2003062847A1
WO2003062847A1 PCT/GB2003/000313 GB0300313W WO03062847A1 WO 2003062847 A1 WO2003062847 A1 WO 2003062847A1 GB 0300313 W GB0300313 W GB 0300313W WO 03062847 A1 WO03062847 A1 WO 03062847A1
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James Wilson
Peter Jezzard
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
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    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
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    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/38—Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field
    • G01R33/387—Compensation of inhomogeneities
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  • the invention relates to a method of imaging samples, especially a human or animal body, and to apparatus for use in the method.
  • a magnetic field may be considered as substantially homogeneous, for the purposes of the present specification, if the flux density of the field over the region of the sample from which data is being acquired varies by less than 0.5ppm, preferably by less than 0.2ppm and most preferably by less than O.lppm.
  • the inventors have also found that insertion of a highly diamagnetic passive shim into the ear canal can reduce the magnetic field inhomogeneities which affect imaging of the inferior temporal lobe, which are believed to be caused, at least in part, by the mastoid air cells (predominantly) and (to a lesser extent) the external auditory canal.
  • the invention provides a passive shim positioning device, the positioning device comprising a passive shim of highly diamagnetic material, and means for positioning (and preferably retaining) the passive shim in a particular location relative to the subject.
  • the passive shim positioning device takes the form of one or more of the following: a gum shield, a bite bar, a headphone, an ear plug or ear plugs, or a frame for engagement with or attachment to a subject's head.
  • Figures 1-7 illustrate various numbers of image sections.
  • Figures 1 and 3 comprise images of 25 sections of the B0 map of a human brain in the axial plane with ( Figure 3) or without ( Figure 1) a passive shim of highly diamagnetic material.
  • Figures 2 and 4-7 show MRI sections of the human brain in the axial plane with (Figs. 4 and 7) or without (Figs. 2, 5 and 6) a highly diamagnetic passive shim;
  • the simulated B 0 distribution arising from the mouth shim alone is shown in Figure 17.
  • the large B 0 lobe superior to the shim overlaps with the IFC B 0 inhomogeneity while the smaller lateral B 0 lobe impinges negligibly on the inferior portions of the brain.
  • Residual large-scale B 0 variations present in the brain are removed through subsequent active shimming using first and second order room temperature shim coils.
  • Figure 22 shows the simulation results when considering fluctuations in the spatial derivative of the magnetic field in the slice direction (G z ).
  • the range is -0.4ppm/cm to 0.4ppm/cm.

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Cette invention concerne un procédé permettant d'obtenir des données de résonance magnétique pour un échantillon. Ce procédé consiste à: (a) placer l'échantillon dans un champ magnétique approprié à flux de forte intensité, lequel champ est sensiblement homogène avant l'introduction de l'échantillon, échantillon dont la présence provoque elle-même des pertes d'homogénéité locales dans le champ magnétique; et b) placer contre l'échantillon une cale passive renfermant une quantité suffisante d'une substance fortement diamagnétique pour atténuer la perte d'homogénéité causée par l'échantillon dans le champ magnétique.
PCT/GB2003/000313 2002-01-25 2003-01-27 Optimisation de l'homogeneite d'un champ magnetique passif a l'aide de cales passives WO2003062847A1 (fr)

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