Magnetic resonance apparatus with an illumination means

In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having an upper pole shoe and a lower pole shoe disposed and vertically spaced from and opposite each other and defining an examination space therebetween, said examination space having a symmetry line, the improvement of illumination means for illuminating at least a portion of said examination space, said illumination means comprising:

• a light source arrangement disposed outside of said examination space;
• a light guide having a first end optically coupled to said light source arrangement and extending into said examination space between said pole shoes and having a second end terminating said light guide at said symmetry line;
• said light guide having a plurality of optical fibers disposed side-by-side exclusively in a single plane disposed in said examination space with each of said optical fibers adjacent a surface of the upper pole shoe;
• and
• optical deflection means disposed at said second end of said light guide in said examination space for deflecting light emerging from said second end of said light guide vertically downwardly.