摘要:
An imaging magnet has a patient bore for receiving a human or animal patient, including a body coil assembly having a body coil former and a body coil. The body coil assembly is provided with at least one source of light that is incorporated within the body coil assembly, and embedded within the body coil former, that radiates light into the patient bore.
摘要:
An electromagnet comprising a plurality of coils of superconductive material, monolithically embedded in an embedding material, which is solid at the temperature of operation of the superconductive electromagnet, and a method for producing an electromagnet comprising a plurality of coils of superconductive material, comprising the steps of winding coils of superconductive material, retaining the coils at predetermined relative positions, and monolithically embedding the plurality of superconducting coils in an embedding material, which is solid at the temperature of operation of the superconductive electromagnet.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a solenoidal magnet structure, includes the step of providing a collapsible accurate mold in which to wind the coils winding wire into defined positions in the mold, placing a mechanical support structure over the coils so wound, impregnating the coils and the mechanical support structure with a thermosetting resin, allowing the thermosetting resin to harden, and collapsing the mold and removing the resultant solenoidal magnet structure formed by the resin impregnated coils and the mechanical support structure from the mold as a single solid piece.
摘要:
Apparatus for cooling a cooled equipment, comprising: a cryogen vessel (10) housing the cooled equipment; a gaseous cryogen filling the cryogen vessel; a refrigerator (12) having a cooling surface exposed to the interior of the cryogen vessel (10) so as to cool the gaseous cryogen; and a gas current generator arranged to cause circulation of the gaseous cryogen freely within the cryogen vessel, such that the gaseous cryogen is cooled by the refrigerator, and is warmed by heat from the cooled equipment, thereby cooling the cooled equipment.
摘要:
A radiation detector, comprising a sensitive volume filled with a counter gas; an anode and a cathode each in communication with the counter gas; a voltage supply for maintaining a potential difference between the anode and the cathode, said potential difference being less than required to cause gas discharge in the counter gas. The radiation detector further comprises a photoemissive material in communication with the sensitive volume. The photoemissive material may be provided as a coating on the cathode. The radiation detector may further comprise a controllable light source for supplying photons of a known wavelength to the photoemissive material. Electrons may be emitted by the photoemissive material in response to the provision of said photons, said electrons causing avalanche breakdown of the counter gas, indicating satisfactory operation of the radiation detector.
摘要:
A system for determining a timing offset between a first clock and a second clock at respective first and second points in a communications network. A series of request signals is transmitted from the first point in the network to the second point in the network. A series of reply signals is transmitted from the second point in the network to the first point in the network. Each reply signal and a corresponding reply signal having a minimum round trip delay time are identified and a minimum single leg delay time is determined from the minimum round trip delay time. A timing offset between the clock values of the first clock and the second clock at a first instance is estimated, the estimation being based upon the minimum single leg delay time, and a transmission time and a reception time of one of the identified request signal and the corresponding reply signal, as given by the respective clocks at the transmission and reception points of the signal.
摘要:
An apparatus for reconstituting dried bacteria includes a first reservoir for the storage of reconstituting solution, a pump via which the reservoir is coupled to one of a pair of hollow needles arranged side by side in operative association with an apparatus for raising or lowering the pair so that in use they can be lowered to pierce a closure bung of a container in which bacteria are sealed under vacuum, the one needle being effectively longer than the other of the two hollow needles so that consequent upon lowering of the pair, the one needle passes through the bung before the other effectively shorter of the two needles. The shorter of the two needles is coupled to a second reservoir for the transfer thereto, in use of the apparatus, of reconstitution solution from the first reservoir together with bacteria from the container.
摘要:
A method for forming superconducting connection structure between at least two superconducting wires is disclosed, where each wire includes at least one superconducting filament. An end piece of each superconducting wire may be positioned inside a cavity of a pressing tool. A contacting material including MgB2 and/or a precursor material for MgB2 may also be positioned inside the cavity. Pressure may be applied to the contacting material through the pressing tool, and the contacting material may be heated inside the cavity. Pressure and heat may be applied simultaneously, at least during part of the process. A superconducting connection structure including at least two superconducting wires, each wire including at least one superconducting filament, and a superconducting connection between the end pieces of the two wires is also disclosed. The connection may be formed of heated and compressed contacting material including MgB2.
摘要:
A bung assembly for closing an opening in a turret of a cryostat has a camera housing and bung body that is mechanically dimensioned to fit the opening, and is provided with a sealing arrangement for forming a gas-tight seal between the bung body and the turret.
摘要:
An MRI system has a cylindrical superconducting magnet assembly contained in a bore tube of a cylindrical vacuum vessel (OVC), and a gradient coil assembly situated within the OVC bore tube. In an imaging region within a bore of the gradient coil assembly, the magnet assembly produces a magnetic field that is subject to drift during operation of the MRI system. Compensating material is located at a radial position between the imaging region and the magnet in a location that will be heated over a range of temperatures during operation of the MRI system. The compensating material is adjustable between two magnetic phases in response to an applied physical characteristic, which is selectively applied thereto so as to change the compensating material from a first magnetization to a second magnetization, and thereby compensate the drift.