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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen Paul Trowell, Alvingham, GB;
Neil Charles Tigwell, Witney, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Paul Trowell, Alvingham, GB;
Neil Charles Tigwell, Witney, GB;
Assignee:
Siemens PLC, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging magnet has a patient bore for receiving a human or animal patient, including a body coil assembly having a body coil former and a body coil. The body coil assembly is provided with at least one source of light that is incorporated within the body coil assembly, and embedded within the body coil former, that radiates light into the patient bore.