Blanket-type coil unit and coil system

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention provides a blanket-type coil unit that can easily match a body shape of a subject and improve closeness between a coil and the subject, and a coil system using the coil unit. A blanket-type coil unit according to an aspect of the present invention is a flexible blanket-type coil unit that is wound around a subject in a case of acquiring a magnetic resonance image, in which one set of first slits is provided at facing positions. This aspect can be modified in various ways. In addition, a coil system according to another aspect of the present invention includes the blanket-type coil unit according to the aspect of the present invention and a fixing assist member that is attachable to and detachable from the blanket-type coil unit and that fixes the blanket-type coil unit in a state of being wound around a subject.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.