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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
May. 22, 2019
Victoria Link Limited, Wellington, NZ;
Benjamin John Parkinson, Lower Hutt, NZ;
VICTORIA LINK LIMITED, Wellington, NZ;
Abstract
An asymmetric magnet for use in performing MRI of a patient's head. The magnet has a patient end. The magnet provides an offset imaging volume () in a recess with an isocentre that is positioned closer to the patient end than an opposite end. The magnet has at least three groups of coils () in a generally tapering arrangement. The magnet also has an additional group of coils (). A first group of coils () overlaps the additional group of coils (), such that a bottom portion (″) of the additional group of coils () is positioned closer to the patient end of the magnet than a top portion (′) of the first group of coils ().