# US 7,609,062 B2 · Magnetic resonance device with a patient support table and a main field magnet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,609,062 B2 - Document ID: US7609062B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/642,797 - Filed: 2006-12-20 - Published: 2007-06-28 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2005-12-22 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Jörg Roland - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609062B2 ## CPC - G01R 33/3802: {Manufacture or installation of magnet assemblies; Additional hardware for transportation or installation of the magnet assembly or for providing mechanical support to components of the magnet assembly} - A61B 5/055: involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging - A61B 5/704: {Tables} - G01R 33/307: {specially adapted for moving the sample relative to the MR system, e.g. spinning mechanisms, flow cells or means for positioning the sample inside a spectrometer} - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract Magnetic resonance device comprises a patient support table and a main field magnet. The main field magnet is supported so that it can be rotated around at least one axis. The patient support table is able to be rotated around an axis essentially perpendicular in respect of its table surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A magnetic resonance device used in a medical examination, comprising: a patient support table that is rotated during performance of an imaging scan by the magnetic resonance device, the table rotated during the performance of the imaging scan around an axis essentially perpendicular to a surface of the patient support table disposed to support a patient; and a main field magnet that is rotated during the performance of the imaging scan by the magnetic resonance device, the magnet rotated during the performance of the imaging scan around a further axis, wherein a rotation of the patient support table around the essentially perpendicular axis is controlled by a controller so that a section of the patient being imaged as the table is rotated remains within an imaging field of view of a rotating magnetic field generated by the main field magnet as the main field magnet rotates around the further axis to record an image of said section of the patient. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a length of the main field magnet in a longitudinal direction of the patient support table is shorter than a normal length of a main field magnet used in a normal magnetic resonance device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the length of the main field magnet in the longitudinal direction of the patient support table is less than one meter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the length of the main field magnet in the longitudinal direction of the patient support table is less than half meter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the further axis around which the main field magnet is rotated is through a center of a magnetic field generated by the main field magnet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the further axis around which the main field magnet is rotated is essentially horizontal to the surface of the patient support table. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the essentially horizontal axis is in a longitudinal direction of the main field magnet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the main field magnet is rotated up to 30° on both sides around the essentially horizontal axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the patient support table is rotated up to 43° on both sides around the essentially perpendicular axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the further axis around which the main field magnet is rotated is essentially perpendicular to the surface of the patient support table. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main field magnet is rotated around a plurality of axes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main field magnet is mounted on a ceiling of an examination room by an attachment device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the attachment device is a suspension unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the patient support table is attached by an attachment device and is adjusted to the main field magnet so that: the patient support table remains still while the main field magnet is rotated, or the main field magnet remains still while the patient support table is rotated. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the patient support table is mounted on a separate table mount. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the separate table mount is at an end area of the patient support table. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The magnetic resonance device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the patient support table is tilted around an axis essentially horizontal to the surface of the patient support table. ### Claim 18 A method for creating an image of a tilted layer of a patient by a magnetic resonance device, comprising: rotating a patient support table during performance of an imaging scan by the magnetic resonance device, the rotating of the table being around an axis essentially perpendicular to a surface of the patient support table disposed to support a patient; providing a main field magnet that is shorter than a normal main field magnet used in a normal magnetic resonance device in a longitudinal direction of the patient support table; rotating the main field magnet during the performance of the imaging scan by the magnetic resonance device, the rotating of the magnet being around a further axis for positioning the tilted layer in an area of a homogeneous magnetic field; controlling a rotation of the patient support table around the essentially perpendicular axis so that a section of the patient being imaged as the table is rotated remains within an imaging field of view of a rotating magnetic field generated by the main field magnet as the main magnet rotates to record an image of said section of the patient. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein an image of a double tilted layer of the patient is recorded by the magnetic resonance device. ### Claim 20 A magnetic resonance device used in a medical examination, comprising: a patient support table that is rotated during performance of an imaging scan by the magnetic resonance device, the table rotated during the performance of the imaging scan around an axis essentially perpendicular to a surface of the patient support table disposed to support a patient; a main field magnet that is rotated during the performance of the imaging scan by the magnetic resonance device, the magnet rotated during the performance of the imaging scan around a further axis; and control means for controlling a rotation of the patient support table around the essentially perpendicular axis so that a section of the patient being imaged as the table is rotated remains within an imaging field of view of a rotating magnetic field generated by the main field magnet as the main field magnet rotates around the further axis to record an image of said section of the patient.