Patent ID: 8190234
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: (a) a magnet defining a patient-receiving space and an imaging volume within said patient-receiving space; (b) a patient support, said patient support being pivotable about a pivot axis through a range of rotational locations and movable relative to said pivot axis along a support axis transverse to said pivot axis through a range of support-axis locations, said patient support being movable along said support axis separately from pivoting motion of the patient support about said pivot axis when said support is in any rotational location within said range of rotational locations; (c) a locating device configured to determine a position of a feature of a patient's body while the patient is supported on said patient support; and (d) a computer configured to calculate a set of locations including rotational and support-axis locations for an imaging position at which said feature of the patient's body is disposed within said imaging volume based at least in part on the position of said feature determined by said locating device.