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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1992
Matti Smalen, Klaukkala, FI;
Picker Nordstar, Inc., , FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a supporting cushion intended for aligning or positioning the RF-coils of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a patient, which cushion can serve as a part of the RF-coil and which is capable of providing a support for the RF-coil and the patient in accordance with the anatomy of an individual patient. Air is pumped in the cushion for giving the supporting cushion a desired thickness. The cushion is placed against the RF-coil in a manner that, by pumping air therein, said cushion presses the soft and yielding RF-coil against the patient. The cushion can be used e.g. in back and neck coils. The cushion can also be fitted between a patient's supporting rest and a patient in a manner that a section of the patient to be imaged is immobilized for the duration of imaging. For example, the head can be supported or braced this way by fitting the cushion between the head and a head rest.