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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 21, 2010
Stefano Pittaluga, Genoa, IT;
Alessandro Trequattrini, Genoa, IT;
Stefano Besio, Genoa, IT;
Vincenzo Punzo, S. Giorgio a Cremano, IT;
Stefano Pittaluga, Genoa, IT;
Alessandro Trequattrini, Genoa, IT;
Stefano Besio, Genoa, IT;
Vincenzo Punzo, S. Giorgio a Cremano, IT;
Esaote S.p.A., Genoa, IT;
Abstract
An MRI apparatus including a magnetic structure defining a cavity for receiving a body under examination or a part thereof, a mechanism for generating a magnetic field inside the cavity, a mechanism for causing the body under examination or a part thereof to emit nuclear magnetic resonance signals, and a mechanism for receiving the nuclear magnetic resonance signals. The mechanism for generating the magnetic field includes one or more elements made of permanently magnetized material of the so-called superconducting bulk material type and, in combination therewith, a mechanism for keeping the magnetization condition of the superconducting bulk material which includes mechanisms for maintaining the temperature of the permanently magnetized material below the critical temperature thereof and for restoring the magnetization of the superconducting bulk material upon a complete or partial demagnetization.