Abstract:
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having a pair of a first magnet device and a second magnet device for generating a magnetostatic field, the pair of magnet devices being installed opposite each other across an examination space for accommodating an examinee; a gradient-field generating device; a high-frequency field generating device; and a yoke for combining the first and second magnetic devices to guide magnetic fluxes generated by the first and second magnetic devices to thereby form a closed magnetic circuit, wherein the yoke includes a first plate member fixed to a first magnet device, a second plate member fixed to a second magnet device and one or more support-post members interconnecting the first plate member and the second plate member, each of the first and second plate members and support-post members includes a plurality of segments formed in a predetermined shape.
Abstract:
Within upper and lower cryostats for a super conducting magnet level sensors which measure respective amounts of liquid helium therein are assembled and are connected to a measuring circuit. When a control signal of a computer is provided to the measurement circuit via a sequencer, the measurement circuit performs automatic measurement of a remaining amount of liquid helium and the measured data is transferred to the computer. The computer records the measured data as well as performs computation processing thereof and causes a display unit to display the processing result as an effective management parameter of the liquid helium. Thereby, an open type MRI apparatus using a super conducting magnet with liquid helium monitoring system which is suitable for maintenance and management of liquid helium for the super conducting magnet can be provided.
Abstract:
In a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a first probe circuit for detecting magnetic flux in a first direction and a second probe circuit for detecting magnetic flux in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, the arm angle of conductor arms to form the first probe circuit and the arm angle of conductor arms to form the second probe circuit are different from each other.
Abstract:
A plurality of selective radio frequency .pi. pulses are applied to an object placed in a static magnetic field which has a magnetic field gradient, to select a plurality of slices of the object corresponding to these pulses. Nuclear magnetic resonance signals are generated from the slices in a manner that a time interval between the selection of slice and the generation of nuclear magnetic resonance signal remains substantially constant for all of the slices.