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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ian Robert Young, Marlborough, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has a patient support ( ) moveable on runners ( ) along a beam ( ) into a bore ( ). The r.f. coil ( ) is secured to the patient support so as to travel axially with the patient support when the patient enters the bore. The r.f. coil is also moveable laterally to enable off-centre as well as central regions of the patient to be imaged. The apparatus is particularly suited to continuous scan. The width of the central section of the coil ( ) may also be variable in a lateral direction to accommodate patients of different size.