Derek A. Seeber1,
Kevin Koch2, Bernardo Ortega3
1Engineering,
GE Healthcare, Florence, SC, United States; 2ASL, GE Healthcare,
Waukesha, WI, United States; 3Engineering, GE Healthcare, Apodaca,
NL, Mexico
A matrix array shim coil system was designed to be included into a widebore gradient coil consisting of 24 channels in a 6 circumferential by 4 axial coil matrix array. The matrix shim coil is designed from multi-layer Kapton circuit boards and is integrated into a gradient coil between the inner and outer gradient coil. Simulations from brain images were analyzed and demonstrate improved performance over a traditional 3rd order harmonic shim set.