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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Raymond V. Damadian, Woodbury, NY (US);
William H. Wahl, Smithtown, NY (US);
Hank Hsieh, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gordon T. Danby, Wading River, NY (US);
John W. Jackson, Shoreham, NY (US);
Jevan Damadian, East Northport, NY (US);
Luciano B Bonanni, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Mark Gelbien, Levittown, NY (US);
Keith Saboe, Melville, NY (US);
Raymond V. Damadian, Woodbury, NY (US);
William H. Wahl, Smithtown, NY (US);
Hank Hsieh, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gordon T. Danby, Wading River, NY (US);
John W. Jackson, Shoreham, NY (US);
Jevan Damadian, East Northport, NY (US);
Luciano B Bonanni, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Mark Gelbien, Levittown, NY (US);
Keith Saboe, Melville, NY (US);
Fonar Corporation, Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a magnet comprising a pair of pole supports spaced apart from one another and extending in a generally horizontal direction. The magnet includes a pair of flux return members extending between the pole supports so as to define a frame, each of the flux return members including a first columnar section that extends parallel to the polar axis and a second columnar section that extends perpendicular to the polar axis and projects towards the pole. In another aspect, a magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a ferromagnetic frame that is operative to support an upper pole member and a lower pole member along a vertical polar axis such that a gap is defined between the upper and lower pole members and an access floor that is isolated from the ferromagnetic frame and pole members for providing access to the gap.