MRI system with side-access to an image volume located within a two-column main magnet
US5517121A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3806
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Convenient side access to an image volume located within a two-pole, two-column main magnet of an MRI system is provided by rotating the symmetry axis of the magnet to be non-perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axis of the patient transport and/or otherwise displacing the two column structures of the magnetic circuit so as to permit open and unobstructed access to the image volume along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the patient transport.
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