Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a centrifuge system, the centrifuge system including a rotor and a motor operatively coupled to the rotor, the apparatus including an accelerometer coupled to the centrifuge system so as to measure an acceleration of at least a portion of the centrifuge system during operation of the centrifuge system to provide an acceleration signal, a filter that receives the acceleration signal and provides a filtered acceleration signal, and a controller that receives the displacement signal and controls the centrifuge system in response to the displacement signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a centrifuge system, the centrifuge system including a rotor and a motor operatively coupled to the rotor, the apparatus including an accelerometer coupled to the centrifuge system so as to measure an acceleration of at least a portion of the centrifuge system during operation of the centrifuge system to provide an acceleration signal, a filter, that receives the acceleration signal and provides a filtered acceleration signal, and a controller that receives the displacement signal and controls the centrifuge system in response to the displacement signal.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance imaging system in which the read and phase directions are rotated with respect to the orthogonal gradient coil directions, a gradient coil is driven to generate a gradient waveform having a segment, either sinusoidal or linear, that approximates the sum of the simultaneous non-zero components of the read and phase gradient waveforms in the direction of the gradient coil. Resonant circuits, each including a gradient coil, generate simultaneous periodic gradient coil waveforms in which the integral over each waveform period is non-zero. First and second capacitive elements in the resonant power supply are electrically connected to the gradient coil through a switch and a bridged network, respectively. The bridged network selectively provides current flow paths between the coil and either of the terminals of the second capacitive element.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance imaging system in which the read and phase directions are rotated with respect to the orthogonal gradient coil directions, a gradient coil is driven to generate a gradient waveform having a segment, either sinusoidal or linear, that approximates the sum of the simultaneous non-zero components of the read and phase gradient waveforms in the direction of the gradient coil. Resonant circuits, each including a gradient coil, generate simultaneous periodic gradient coil waveforms in which the integral over each waveform period is non-zero. First and second capacitive elements in the resonant power supply are electrically connected to the gradient coil through a switch and a bridged network, respectively. The bridged network selectively provides current flow paths between the coil and either of the terminals of the second capacitive element.