MRI vertical magnet apparatus and MRI apparatus
US6424854B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3806
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In order to give a physician easy access to a patient placed in an interjacent space within a vertical magnet apparatus of a vertical magnet-type MRI apparatus, support and movement mechanisms 19 are provided on respective opposing surface sides of a pair of vertical opposing magnets 11, for supporting a cradle 22 or a seat 32 of a chair on belts 18, and moving the cradle 22 or the seat 32 in the horizontal direction by motors 17 and in the vertical direction by hydraulic cylinders 13.
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