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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Jun Kawamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tomoo Chiba, Ibaraki, JP;
Miki Yamazaki, Chiba, JP;
Teruhiro Takizawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Ibaraki, JP;
Jun Kawamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Tomoo Chiba, Ibaraki, JP;
Miki Yamazaki, Chiba, JP;
Teruhiro Takizawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd., Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Abstract
A superconducting magnet includes: first and second torus coolant containers substantially symmetrically, vertically arranged to have a space and a symmetrical plane therebetween for storing a coolant. Each of the first and second torus coolant containers includes therein a main coil bobbin with a main coil for generating a measurement magnetic field, a shield coil bobbin with a shield coil for generating a shielding magnetic field for suppressing outside leak of the measurement magnetic field, a plate member vertically reinforced at a plane thereof opposite to a plane thereof facing the symmetrical plane for supporting the shield coil bobbin and the main coil bobbin. The main coil bobbin is further supported by the shield coil bobbin, to cause the main coil to generate the measurement magnetic field having a substantially uniform magnetic field intensity at a middle region of the space. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus using the superconducting magnet is also disclosed.