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|gh lerormonce Crod|ents
0r|ve future lR ^pp||cot|ons
^s lR opp||cot|ons cont|nue to evo|ve, h|gher perormonce
|eve|s ore requ|red o the lR grod|ent subsystem. ^dvonced
opp||cot|ons such os lRl, h|gh-ongu|or reso|ut|on d|us|on
tensor |mog|ng, sp|ro|, |n/out o phose breoth-he|d obdom|no|
exom|not|ons ot 3.0T ond spectroscopy re|y heov||y on the
lR grod|ents to produce cons|stent ond re||ob|e h|gh quo||ty
doto. Lquo||y |mportont |s the ob|||ty o the grod|ent to
monoge thermo| cho||enges, grod|ent |nduced no|se ond
per|phero| nerve st|mu|ot|on ||m|ts |d3/dtl.
^t the heort o the $|gno lR750 system |s o new|y des|gned
who|e-body grod|ent co|| - the etreme Crod|ent Resononce
lodu|e |Rll - ond h|gh-power omp||ner - the etreme
Crod|ent 0r|ver |C0l. Together, the Rl/C0 de||ver o
50 mT/m grod|ent ne|d on eoch ox|s |, /, S l s|mu|toneous|y
to mox|m|ze grod|ent omp||tude ond s|ew rote ot o 200 T/m/s,
y|e|d|ng o zero to u||-sco|e r|se t|me o 250 sec. Th|s o|so
m|n|m|zes co|| |nductonce to prov|de the proper current
dens|ty or peok perormonce |eve|. The resu|t |s o grod|ent
subsystem thot serves todoy's demond|ng c||n|co| opp||cot|ons
wh||e prov|d|ng on uncomprom|sed p|otorm or the
development of future applications.
To occommodote or the vor|ot|on |n ^C/0C res|stonce, the
$|gno lR750's Rl grod|ent co|| ut|||zes o un|que woter-coo|ed
thermo|-e|ectr|co| coo||ng c|rcu|t thot |s nve t|mes more
enc|ent or extroct|ng heot rom the system. $|m||or|y,
the $|gno lR750's C0 |ncorporotes d|g|to||y contro||ed
eedbock, sw|tch|ng-opt|m|zed power generot|on dev|ces
ond d|rect-co|d p|ote heot tronser techno|ogy to monoge
the thermo| |ood w|th|n the omp||ner. ^s o consequence,
the thermo| monogement opprooch mox|m|zes system
perormonce by 60 percent ond |mproves subsystem
re||ob|||ty by o octor o l0.
Lnhonced grod|ent perormonce does not trons|ote |nto
|ncreosed ocoust|c no|se on the $|gno lR750. The system
orch|tecture o|ong w|th CL's u|et Techno|ogy 2.0 m|n|m|ze
the mechon|co| |nteroct|ons w|th|n the mognet thot generote
ocoust|c no|se. The eect |s up to 50 percent reduct|on |s|x to
e|ght d3l |n ocoust|c no|se |eve|s.
lmproved grod|ent subsystem ||neor|ty con |mpoct the rote ot
wh|ch the mognet|c ne|d |s sw|tched |d3/dtl due to per|phero|
nerve st|mu|ot|on ||m|ts. To oddress th|s |ssue, the $|gno
lR750 |ncorporotes on outomoted grod|ent pu|se sequence
opt|m|zot|on o|gor|thm thot m|n|m|zes the number o
over|opp|ng grod|ent romps. Th|s opprooch enob|es o
s|ew-rote thot stoys w|th|n per|phero| nerve st|mu|ot|on
limits to achieve shorter TEs and TRs.
0vero||, the $|gno lR750's grod|ent encocy |s och|eved
by o des|gn thot tokes the grod|ent co|| ond dr|ver |nto
occount os o s|ng|e subsystem to de||ver the perormonce
researchers desire.
For the complete white paper,
please visit www.gehealthcare.com/signapulse.
By Bryan J. Mock, PhD, 3.0T MR Product Manager
and Jason A. Polzin, PhD, MR Chief Engineer, GE Healthcare
The information contained in this document is current as of publication of the magazine.