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Low noise MRI scanner

US5793210A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 1996
Grant dateAug 11, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/048
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetic-resonance-imaging (MRI) scanner subassembly. In one subassembly, a preferably annularly-cylindrical-shaped enclosure contains a first vacuum, and an MRI gradient coil assembly is located within the enclosure in the first vacuum. Preferably, an annularly-cylindrical housing is included which is coaxially aligned with the enclosure and contains a second vacuum which is higher than the first vacuum, and an MRI superconductive main coil is located within the housing in the second vacuum. In another subassembly, an MRI gradient coil assembly has a threshold excitation frequency, and an isolation mount assemblage supports the MRI gradient coil assembly.

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