Cryostat for superconducting magnet system

A cryostat comprising:

• an outer vessel;
• an inner vessel suspended within the outer vessel;
• a space defined by the inner vessel and the outer vessel, the space having an upper part and a lower part;
• and
• a plurality of first support elements comprising a first number of the first support elements located in the upper part of the space and a second number of the first support elements located in the lower part of the space,
• wherein
• at least one of the first support elements located in a first part of the space is at a first oblique angle with an XY datum plane and at a second oblique angle with an XZ datum plane, and the first support elements located in a second part of the space are in at least one of the XY datum plane or a YZ datum plane, the first part of the space being one of the lower part of the space or the upper part of the space, and the second part of the space being the other of the lower part of the space or the upper part of the space that is different from the first part,
• the XY datum plane is through a center of the inner vessel and perpendicular to a long axis of the inner vessel,
• the XZ datum plane is through the center of the inner vessel and perpendicular to the XY datum plane,
• the YZ datum plane is through the center of the inner vessel and perpendicular to the XY datum plane and the XZ datum plane,
• the inner vessel and the outer vessel are connected by two opposite ends of a first support element of the plurality of first support element, and
• the first number is different from the second number.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising:

• a cryostat, comprising:
• an outer vessel;
• an inner vessel suspended within the outer vessel;
• a space defined by the inner vessel and the outer vessel, the space having an upper part and a lower part;
• and
• a plurality of first support elements comprising a first number of the first support elements located in the upper part of the space and a second number of the first support elements located in the lower part of the space,
• wherein
• at least one of the first support elements located in a first part of the space is at a first oblique angle with an XY datum plane and at a second oblique angle with an XZ datum plane, and the first support elements located in a second part of the space are in at least one of the XY datum plane or a YZ datum plane, the first part of the space being one of the lower part of the space or the upper part of the space, and the second part of the space being the other of the lower part of the space or the upper part of the space that is different from the first part,
• the XY datum plane is through a center of the inner vessel and perpendicular to a long axis of the inner vessel,
• the XZ datum plane is through the center of the inner vessel and perpendicular to the XY datum plane,
• the YZ datum plane is through the center of the inner vessel and perpendicular to the XY datum plane and the XZ datum plane,
• the inner vessel and the outer vessel are connected by two opposite ends of a first support element of the plurality of first support element, and
• the first number is different from the second number.