摘要 |
A method for passively shimming a magnet having a magnetic field with an inhomogeneity and having N possible passive shim locations. The magnetic field is mapped. A function is defined related to the mapped field as affected by N shim variables of positive shim strength and M shim variables of negative shim strength. A computer optimization code is run which calculates the positive strengths of the N shim variables and the negative strengths of the M shim variables which minimizes the defined function. Positive strengths of passive shims are added to the magnet corresponding to the calculated positive strengths of the N shim variables and positive strengths of passive shims are removed from the magnet corresponding to the calculated negative strengths of the M shim variables.
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