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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Stefan Popescu, Erlangen, DE;
Markus Vester, Nuremberg, DE;
Peter Speier, Erlangen, DE;
Edgar Müller, Heroldsbach, DE;
Robert Todd Constable, Madison, CT (US);
Gigi Galiana, New Haven, CT (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance scanner has a base, a C-arm mounted on the base, the C-arm having an inner surface curved in a C-shape, the C-shape defining a plane, a magnet mounted on the inner curved surface of the C-arm, the magnet generating a basic magnetic field for magnetic resonance imaging, and a drive mechanism mechanically connected to the magnet. The drive mechanism rotates the magnet around an axis that is orthogonal to the plane so as to selectively position the magnet in at least two magnet positions that are respectively above and beneath a patient, who is situated in the C-arm along or parallel to the axis.