Coil system for magnetic resonance systems with integrated cooling unit

US6236207A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Winfried Arz · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Johann Schuster · Oberasbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 1999
• Grant date: May 22, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/3856
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A coil system for magnetic resonance systems that surrounds a generally cylindrical examination volume, has coil plies formed by X-gradient coils arranged symmetrically relative to the YZ plane and spaced from one another, and Y-coils arranged symmetrically relative to the XZ plane and spaced from one another, and Z-coils arranged symmetrically relative to the XY plane and spaced from another. An indirect cooling with embedded cooling conduits through which a coolant flows is achieved by cooling conduits integrated in the interspaces of the conductor structure of the coil plies for cooling the conductor structures in a coil ply lying therebelow and/or thereabove.