Hsuan-Chung Niu1, Hsiao-Wen Chung2,
Teng-Yi Huang3, Fa-Hsuan Lin4,5
1Graduate Institute of Biomedical
Electronic and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Department
of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 3Department
of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology, Taipei, Taiwan; 4Institute of Biomedical Engineering,
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 5A. A.
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this work, we attempt to apply the PatLoc system to achieve a better shimming
and improved the field homogeneity. Specifically, we used the surface
gradient coils in the 8-channel PatLoc system as the shim coils to reduce the
distortion of brain echo-planar imaging.