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Resonance data acquisition scanner with rotating basic field magnet

US10823793B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE
Yale University · US

Inventors

Stefan Popescu · Erlangen, DE
Markus Vester · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Peter Speier · Erlangen, DE
Edgar Müller · Fribourg, CH
Robert Todd Constable · Toronto, CA
Gigi Galiana · New Haven, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2019
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/445
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance scanner has a base, a C-arm mounted on the base, the C-arm having an inner surface curved in a C-shape, the C-shape defining a plane, a magnet mounted on the inner curved surface of the C-arm, the magnet generating a basic magnetic field for magnetic resonance imaging, and a drive mechanism mechanically connected to the magnet. The drive mechanism rotates the magnet around an axis that is orthogonal to the plane so as to selectively position the magnet in at least two magnet positions that are respectively above and beneath a patient, who is situated in the C-arm along or parallel to the axis.

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