Systems and methods for providing operating power to an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11860255-B2
Application number	US-202117466952-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2021
Priority date	Sep 8, 2020
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

Systems and methods for operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. The MRI system includes a magnetics system and a power system configured to provide power to at least some of the magnetics system. The power system includes an energy storage device and a power supply configured to receive mains electricity. The MRI system also includes at least one controller configured to control the MRI system to operate in accordance with a pulse sequence at least in part by generating, by using power supplied by the power supply and supplemental power supplied by the energy storage device, at least one gradient field using at least one gradient coil of the magnetics system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a power system configured to provide power to at least one component of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the power system comprising:
an energy storage device; and
a power supply configured to receive mains electricity; and
a conveyance mechanism allowing the MRI system to be transported to different locations, the conveyance mechanism comprising:
a motorized component configured to receive power from the power system to facilitate transportation of the MRI system to different locations,

wherein the energy storage device and the power supply are disposed on-board the MRI system such that the conveyance mechanism transports the energy storage device and the power supply with the MRI system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device is coupled to the MRI system using a bidirectional DC-to-DC power converter.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the bidirectional DC-to-DC power converter comprises a synchronous buck DC-to-DC power converter, a synchronous boost DC-to-DC power converter, or a four switch buck-boost DC-to-DC power converter.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power supply is further configured to provide power to the energy storage device and the MRI system concurrently.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the energy storage device is coupled to the MRI system using a unidirectional DC-to-DC power converter.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device comprises at least one of a battery and/or a capacitor.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power supply is configured to provide power and the energy storage device is configured to provide supplemental power to the MRI system at least once per period of the pulse sequence.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device and the power supply are configured to provide a peak power that is greater than or equal to 1500 W and less than or equal to 4000 W.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the energy storage device and the power supply are configured to provide a peak power for a length of time that is greater than or equal to 1 ms and less than or equal to 200 ms.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a transfer switch configured to couple the energy storage device to the motorized component or to a magnetics system of the MRI system.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the motorized component comprises a motorized wheel.

12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a magnetics system comprising:
a B 0 magnet configured to generate a B 0 magnetic field having a field strength of less than or equal to 0.2 T and greater than or equal to 10 mT.

13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a magnetics system comprising:
a B 0 magnet configured to generate a B 0 magnetic field having a field strength of less than or equal to 0.1 T and greater than or equal to 50 mT.

14. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system comprising:
a power system configured to provide power to at least one component of the MRI system, the power system comprising:
an energy storage device;
a power supply configured to receive mains electricity; and
a motorized wheel configured to receive power from the power system to facilitate transportation of the MRI system to different locations;

wherein the power system is disposed on-board the MRI system such that the conveyance mechanism transports the power system with the MRI system.

15. A power system configured to provide power to at least one component of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the power system comprising:
an energy storage device;
a power supply configured to receive mains electricity; and
a transfer switch configured to couple the energy storage device to a motorized component of a conveyance mechanism to facilitate transportation of the MRI system to different locations using the motorized component,
wherein the energy storage device and the power supply are disposed on-board the MRI system such that the conveyance mechanism transports the energy storage device and the power supply with the MRI system.

16. The power system of claim 15 , wherein the power supply is configured to receive single-phase mains electricity.

17. The power system of claim 15 , wherein the motorized component comprises a motorized wheel.

Assignees

• Hyperfine Operations Inc

Inventors

• Twieg Michael

Classifications

• G01R33/3852 Primary

  Gradient amplifiers; means for controlling the application of a gradient magnetic field to the sample, e.g. a gradient signal synthesizer · CPC title

• G01R33/445

  MR involving a non-standard magnetic field B0, e.g. of low magnitude as in the earth's magnetic field or in nanoTesla spectroscopy, comprising a polarizing magnetic field for pre-polarisation, B0 with a temporal variation of its magnitude or direction such as field cycling of B0 or rotation of the direction of B0, or spatially inhomogeneous B0 like in fringe-field MR or in stray-field imaging · CPC title

• G01R33/56341

  Diffusion imaging · CPC title

• G01R33/543

  Control of the operation of the MR system, e.g. setting of acquisition parameters prior to or during MR data acquisition, dynamic shimming, use of one or more scout images for scan plane prescription (G01R33/546 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01R33/28

  Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64 · CPC title