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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Katsumasa Nose, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Sakuma, Tokyo, JP;
Yujiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to joint motion imaging and provides a vertical magnet type MRI system comprising a vertical magnet unit ( ) having a pair of opposite vertical magnets ( ), a movable table ( ) provided with wheels ( ) for traveling and a cradle ( ) to carry a specimen laid down thereon, and capable of being moved into and moved out of a space between the pair of opposite vertical magnets ( ), table locking devices ( ) for locking the movable table ( ) with the cradle ( ) being in place between the pair of opposite vertical magnets ( ), a movable chair ( ) provided with wheels ( ) for traveling and capable of being moved into and moved out of the space between the pair of opposite vertical magnets ( ), and a chair locking device ( ) for locking the movable chair ( ) in place between the pair of opposite vertical magnets ( ).