Method and device for generating a homogeneous magnetic field in an area of interest, especially for nmr imaging

Abstract

The device for creating a uniform magnetic field in a zone of interest, in particular for nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging, comprises an arrangement of superconductor coils disposed around a longitudinal axis (z) of the zone of interest. This arrangement of coils comprises at least one stack of a set of modular elements () distributed along the longitudinal axis (z), each modular element () comprising a rectangular-section conductor of superconductor material that is wound in continuous manner to form of a double pancake coil. The double pancake coil comprises a first single plane pancake coil () in the form of a spiral, a second single plane pancake coil () in the form of a spiral juxtaposed with and parallel to the first single pancake coil (), and a transition segment () without any internal junction between the first and second single pancake coils (). Each single pancake coil () has a connection end () situated at the outer peripheral portion of the pancake coil, and the transition segment () enables an offset to be provided along the longitudinal axis (z) that is not less than the transverse dimension of the conductor along said axis.