Patent ID: 7375521
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method of imaging a patient, comprising: (a) providing a static magnet field having a horizontal field axis extending through a patient receiving space, said static magnet field generated by a magnet having electromagnet coils without ferromagnetic poles; (b) imaging a part of the patient within said patient receiving space by magnetic resonance with the static magnet field oriented parallel to the horizontal field axis while the part of the patient is oriented in a first orientation relative to gravity so as to provide a first image data set; (c) imaging the part of the patient by magnetic resonance with the static magnet field oriented parallel to the horizontal field axis while the part of the patient is oriented in a second orientation relative to gravity different from said first orientation so as to provide a second image data set; and (d) displaying a visually-perceptible image constructed at least in part from said first and second image data sets.