Patent ID: 8981778
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a Magnetic Resonance (MR) image comprising: applying a localized magnetic field to a portion of a patient, wherein compensating current is supplied to a plurality of shim coils during an imaging sequence while image data is being acquired, and wherein the compensating current has a magnitude and a polarity to make the B determining a difference between a local field strength around a first region of interest and a local field strength around a different second region of interest; wherein said first region of interest includes a first breast and said second region of interest includes a second breast; adjusting the local field strength around the first region of interest such that the local field strength around the first region of interest is substantially the same as the local field strength around the second region of interest; and generating an image of the first and second regions of interest after adjusting the local field strength around the first region of interest.