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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Neil Charles Tigwell, Oxon, GB;
Stephen Paul Trowell, Oxon, GB;
Inventors:
Neil Charles Tigwell, Oxon, GB;
Stephen Paul Trowell, Oxon, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An MRI system is housed within a housing that is provided with a set of deployable barriers that are attachable to the housing. The magnet in the MRI system may be operated at a first magnetic field intensity, such that the magnetic field outside of the housing remains below a safety limit when the barriers are not deployed. The magnet in the MRI system may be operated at a second magnetic field intensity, higher than the first, when the barriers are deployed, such that the magnetic field outside of the barriers remains below the safety limit.