US 11,675,034 B2
Magnetic resonance scanner and magnetic resonance imaging system
Michael Mallett, Eynsham (GB); Stefan Popescu, Erlangen (DE); Adrian Mark Thomas, Eynsham (GB); Stephan Biber, Erlangen (DE); Matthias Gebhardt, Erlangen (DE); Thorsten Speckner, Erlangen (DE); Thomas Beck, Dormitz (DE); and Andreas Greiser, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,149.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,691, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341556 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G01R 33/341 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); G01R 33/383 (2006.01); G01R 33/3815 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/341 (2013.01) [G01R 33/383 (2013.01); G01R 33/3815 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
a field generation unit including at least two magnet sections configured to generate a B0 magnetic field, the at least two magnet sections having an angle between each other to form a triangular half-open space that encloses at least a part of an imaging volume within the B0 magnetic field, the imaging volume being configured to be accessed via an open space of the triangular half-open space in at least one spatial directions at an angle form a main direction of magnetic field lines of the B0 magnetic field in the imaging volume;
a support structure to structurally support the field generation unit;
a radiofrequency system including at least one radiofrequency antenna configured to at least one of transmit radiofrequency radiation or receive radiofrequency radiation; and
a gradient field system including at least one gradient coil to generate at least one magnetic gradient field.