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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Yu Ueda, Tochigi, JP;
Hiromitsu Takamori, Tochigi, JP;
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes: a magnetostatic field magnet formed in the shape of a substantially circular cylinder; a gradient coil formed in the shape of a substantially circular cylinder on the inside of the magnetostatic field magnet; a cylindrical part that is formed in the shape of a substantially circular cylinder on the inside of the gradient coil and includes at least one selected from a sound absorbing material layer and a sound blocking material layer; and a ring part that is substantially ring-shaped, covers the space formed between the magnetostatic field magnet and the cylindrical part on at least one end face of a magnet structure being formed in the shape of a substantially circular cylinder and including the magnetostatic field magnet, the gradient coil, and the cylindrical part, and includes at least one selected from an sound absorbing material layer and a sound blocking material layer.