Magnetic resonance system and gradient amplfier filter for magnetic resonance system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025035725-A1
Application number	US-202418769219-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 10, 2024
Priority date	Jul 26, 2023
Publication date	Jan 30, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance system and a gradient amplifier filter for a magnetic resonance system. The filter includes a plurality of non-magnetic core inductors and a printed circuit board having a multilayer structure, a plurality of filter capacitors being formed in a plurality of regions of the printed circuit board, respectively, wherein each non-magnetic core inductor is provided on the printed circuit board and spanning two of the plurality of filter capacitors.

First claim

1 . A gradient amplifier filter for a magnetic resonance system, comprising:
a plurality of non-magnetic core inductors; and a printed circuit board having a multilayer structure, a plurality of filter capacitors being formed in a plurality of regions of the printed circuit board, respectively, wherein each non-magnetic core inductor is provided on the printed circuit board and spanning two of the plurality of filter capacitors.

2 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 1 , characterized in that the printed circuit board comprises a plurality of stacked conductive layers, and a dielectric layer is provided between adjacent conductive layers, wherein the plurality of conductive layers comprise a plurality of signal layers and a plurality of ground layers arranged at intervals, the plurality of signal layers being connected together, each of the plurality of signal layers comprising a plurality of signal regions to form the plurality of filter capacitors with adjacent ground layers, and the plurality of signal regions of each signal layer being insulated from each other.

3 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 2 , characterized in that a ground region is further formed on each signal layer, and the ground region of each signal layer is formed around the signal regions on the signal layer and is insulated from the signal regions.

4 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 3 , characterized in that the ground region of each signal layer is electrically connected to the adjacent ground layers.

5 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 1 , characterized in that the plurality of filter capacitors comprise a plurality of first capacitors formed side by side and a plurality of second capacitors formed side by side, the printed circuit board having symmetric first and second portions, the first portion comprising the plurality of first capacitors, the second portion comprising the plurality of second capacitors, the plurality of first capacitors and the plurality of second capacitors being opposite each other one to one, one of the plurality of non-magnetic core inductors spanning two adjacent first capacitors, and one of the plurality of non-magnetic core inductors spanning two adjacent second capacitors.

6 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 5 , characterized in that areas of the plurality of first capacitors are different from each other, and areas of the plurality of second capacitors are different from each other.

7 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 5 , characterized in that the distances between each two adjacent first capacitors are different, and the distances between each two adjacent second capacitors are different.

8 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 2 , characterized in that two ends of each non-magnetic core inductor are each fixed by means of screws in regions in which two of the plurality of filter capacitors are located.

9 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 8 , characterized in that a through hole for engaging with the screw is provided in a region of the printed circuit board in which each filter capacitor is located, the through hole passing through the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers, an insulating region surrounding the through hole being provided on each ground layer, and the insulating region extending outwards from a hole wall of the through hole.

10 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 1 , characterized in that each non-magnetic core inductor is an air core inductor.

11 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 1 , characterized in that each non-magnetic core inductor comprises a flat conductive coil or a solenoid conductive coil.

12 . The gradient amplifier filter according to claim 1 , characterized in that the filter is electrically connected to a gradient amplifier of the magnetic resonance system, and is arranged together with the gradient amplifier in a magnet housing of the magnetic resonance system.

13 . A magnetic resonance system, comprising:
a magnet housing in which a main magnet, a gradient coil, and a gradient amplifier are provided; and
the gradient amplifier filter according to claim 1 , the filter comprising an input end connected to the gradient amplifier and an output end connected to the gradient coil.

Assignees

• Ge Prec Healthcare Llc

Inventors

• Ma Gang
• Chen Yanan
• He Tao
• Sun Haiyuan
• Gan Haoyang

Classifications

• G01R33/36

  Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver · CPC title

• G01R33/34 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. resonators {, specially adapted to MR} · CPC title

• 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