Patent ID: 9526918
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,G01R

Claim Text:
1. A combined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radiation therapy system, comprising: MRI imaging equipment configured to acquire magnetic resonance data from a region of an examination subject; radiation therapy equipment configured to apply therapeutic radiation to at least a portion of said region; said MRI imaging equipment comprising a shielded solenoidal magnet comprising a plurality of main magnet coils arranged coaxially along an axis, and a magnetic shielding arrangement arranged coaxially with respect to said axis, at a larger radius from said axis than said plurality of main magnet coils; said radiation therapy equipment comprising a LINAC assembly, said LINAC assembly comprising a linear electron accelerator that accelerates electrons in an electron beam along an electron beam path that is parallel to said axis, a target, and a beam deflection arrangement that deflects electrons from said electron beam onto said target to produce a beam of said therapeutic radiation from said target; and said linear electron accelerator being located at a position radially between said main magnet coils and said magnetic shielding arrangement.