Magnetic resonance imaging system for the head region
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorStephan Biber
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging system may include a scanning unit. The scanning unit may comprise a gantry which has a magnet system with a base field magnet and a patient opening, and a carrier unit which has a vertical translation mechanism which is set up to arrange the gantry in a predetermined height position. Part of the magnetic resonance imaging system may include a patient seat on which a patient can be positioned seated in an at least semi-upright position during imaging and which is arranged to be displaceable in a horizontal direction relative to the gantry.
Claims13
A magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising:
- a scanner comprising:
- a gantry including a magnet system with a base field magnet and a patient opening;
- a carrier having a vertical translation mechanism configured to arrange the gantry in a predetermined vertical position, wherein the carrier is configured to be separable from the gantry;
- and
- a patient seat on which a patient is positionably seatable in an at least semi-upright position during imaging and which is configured to be displaceable in a horizontal direction relative to the gantry.
A method for configuring a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising:
- providing a patient seat on which a patient is positionably seatable in an at least a semi-upright position before imaging;
- providing a carrier including a vertical translation mechanism for arranging a gantry of a scanner of the magnetic resonance imaging system in a predetermined vertical position, the carrier being separable from the gantry;
- and
- connecting the gantry to the carrier such that the gantry of the scanner is displaceable in a vertical direction so that a head of the patient is insertable into a patient opening of the gantry for imaging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.