Magnet system
US5168211A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 1991 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3806
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A magnet system to generate a static, uniform magnetic field in the examination chamber of a nuclear spin tomograph has a pair of outer field coils (1a, 1b) arranged on a common axis (a) at a mutual axial distance (g.sub.1) and a pair of inner field coils (2a, 2b) coaxial with the outer ones which are also equal to each other, in which both pairs of coils are arranged symmetrically to a central plane (E) perpendicular to the common axis (a). The axial distance (g.sub.1) between the outer field coils (1a and 1b) is 40 to 60% of their inside diameter (da.sub.2). The axial distance (g.sub.2) between the inner field coils (2a and 2b) is, with a maximum deviation of 15%, equal to that (g.sub.1) between the outer coils (1a and 1b). The magnet system forms an almost eight-order coil system and there is at least one transverse access aperture running across the direction of the uniform magnetic field and between the inner field coils (2a, 2b). The magnet system is small by comparison with the examination chamber and relatively light.
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