摘要:
A superconducting magnet apparatus which includes a cryostat vessel for containing therein a coolant for realizing superconductivity, a magnetic flux generating unit disposed within the cryostat vessel and including a superconducting multilayer composite member constituting a sustaining medium for a persistent current which generates a magnetic flux along a center axis of a predetermined magnetic field space, and members holding the magnetic field generating unit within the cryostat vessel.
摘要:
A magnetostatic field generator for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a pair of permanent magnets each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape arranged perpendicular to a direction of a uniform magnetic field to surround a space where a uniform magnetic field is generated, a plurality of first permanent magnets each having a trigonal prism shape arranged on both sides of an area between the permanent magnets each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a plurality of second permanent magnets each having a trigonal prism shape which are arranged between the permanent magnets each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and the first permanent magnets and satisfy magnetic field boundary conditions between the permanent magnets each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and the first permanent magnets, and a yoke for holding the pair of permanent magnets each having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the plurality of first permanent magnets, and the plurality of second permanent magnets and for forming a magnetic path.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus capable of suppressing noise caused by vibration of a gradient magnetic field coil and improving image quality includes a large number of ferromagnetic shims disposed in a large number of holes formed in a shim tray, and vibration dampers disposed in holes formed in the shim tray to reduce noise generated by vibration of a gradient magnetic field generating coil.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus capable of suppressing noise caused by vibration of a gradient magnetic field coil and improving image quality is realized.A shim tray 22 is disposed between a static magnetic field generating magnet 4 and a gradient magnetic field generating coil 13. A large number of ferromagnetic shims are disposed in a large number of holes (screw holes) 24 formed in the shim tray 22. Vibration dampers 23 are disposed in holes formed in the shim tray 22 to reduce noise generated by vibration of the gradient magnetic field generating coil 13, which is propagated to the static magnetic field generating magnet through solid bodies and shakes the static magnetic field generating magnet, etc. It is hence possible to secure areas for arrangement of two means, i.e., static magnetic-field non-uniformity correcting means and vibration suppressing means, to reduce the noise caused by the vibration of the gradient magnetic field generating coil 13, and to suppress deterioration of image quality.
摘要:
A magnet field generating apparatus for MRI, comprising:a plurality of permanent magnet assemblies disposed continuously around the angular inner circumference of a hexagonal tubular yoke to provide a uniform magnetic field at the center portion of the hollow space inside said permanent magnet assemblies; the permanent magnet assemblies forming a main magnetic field by a pair of oppositely disposed permanent magnet assemblies which are trapezoidal or square in cross-section; other pairs of permanent magnet assemblies having a triangular or square cross-section; each of the pairs of oppositely disposed permanent magnet assemblies has a side surface in contact with a part of the inner peripheral surface of the yoke and forms a plurality of permanent magnet blocks which are magnetized perpendicularly to the side surface in contact with the yoke so that the permanent magnet assemblies are magnetized perpendicularly to the side surface thereof in contact with the yoke; magnetic pole pieces disposed on each surface of the pair of oppositely disposed permanent magnet assemblies; and permanent magnet piece projections having the same magnetizing direction as the plurality of permanent magnet assemblies are respectively disposed on each surface of the paired oppositely disposed permanent magnet assemblies on which no magnetic pole piece is disposed.
摘要:
In a superconducting magnet, including a vacuum vessel, a coil vessel inside the vacuum vessel, and a superconducting coil inside the coil vessel for generating a magnetic field, has a magnetic member, disposed inside the vacuum vessel, supported with thermal insulation, for compensating the magnetic field; a heat exchange device disposed outside the vacuum vessel for supplying to or absorbing heat from the vacuum vessel; and thermal conducting members thermally connecting the heat exchange device via the vacuum vessel to the magnetic member. An MRI including the superconducting magnet is also disclosed.
摘要:
In a superconducting magnet, including a vacuum vessel, a coil vessel inside the vacuum vessel, and a superconducting coil inside the coil vessel for generating a magnetic field, has a magnetic member, disposed inside the vacuum vessel, supported with thermal insulation, for compensating the magnetic field; a heat exchange device disposed outside the vacuum vessel for supplying to or absorbing heat from the vacuum vessel; and thermal conducting members thermally connecting the heat exchange device via the vacuum vessel to the magnetic member. An MRI including the superconducting magnet is also disclosed.
摘要:
A magnetic field generating apparatus has a hollow permanent magnet formed of a plurality of permanent magnet elements arranged to have a polygonal section. Magnetization directions of the end portions of the hollow permanent magnet in its longitudinal direction are made different from those of the central portion thereof so that the magnetic field generated in a predetermined region in the hollow space of the permanent magnet is increased as compared with a case where the magnetizations of the hollow permanent magnet are all directed in the same direction.
摘要:
In order to provide a technique which can suppress coupling to homogenize the spatial distribution of an RF magnetic field and can improve penetration of the RF magnetic field into the subject, pad-like electric field conductors having a predetermined area are provided outside both ends of a rung conductor as a part of a configuration which forms a loop-like circuit and is driven as an antenna. An antenna device includes a sheet-like conductor, a rung conductor which is arranged at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, two electric field conductors which are arranged in both end portions of the rung conductor at a predetermined distance from the sheet-like conductor, and connection terminals which are transmission and reception terminals provided in the rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor. The rung conductor and the sheet-like conductor configure a loop circuit which resonates at a preset frequency.
摘要:
Regardless of the measurement conditions, the degradation of the image quality due to a vibrational error magnetic field, which is generated by the vibration of the mechanical structure of an MRI apparatus, is reduced. In order to do so, error magnetic field image data indicating an error magnetic field distribution is acquired on the basis of an echo signal measured using a pulse sequence having a test gradient magnetic field, a parameter value of a damped vibration function showing a vibrational error magnetic field is calculated using the error magnetic field image data, and a correction magnetic field is calculated on the basis of the calculated parameter value of the damped vibration function showing the vibrational error magnetic field.