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Magnetic resonance imaging device with a concave-shaped field generation unit

US11852703B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Michael Mallett · Witney, GB
Adrian Mark Thomas · Shrewsbury, GB
Stefan Popescu · Erlangen, DE
Andreas Krug · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Matthias Gebhardt · Erlangen, DE
Stephan Biber · Erlangen, DE
Andreas Greiser · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2022
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/385
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging device having a field generation unit configured to provide a magnetic field in an imaging volume of the magnetic resonance imaging device. The field generation unit has at least one magnet. A surface of the field generation unit directed towards the imaging volume of the at least one magnet has a concave shape, wherein a direction of access to the imaging volume is oriented essentially perpendicular to a main direction of magnetic field lines in the imaging volume.

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