Patent ID: 6825665
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus comprising:a basic field magnet surrounded by a magnet envelope, surrounding and limiting an interior space, said interior space having a longitudinal axis proceeding therethrough; a gradient coil system disposed in said interior space; a body coil, comprising a radio-frequency antenna disposed on a carrying tube, disposed inside said gradient coil system and defining an inner surface of said interior space, said magnet envelope and said gradient coil system being optically and acoustically closed by said body coil and a cladding; and said body coil consisting of a cast part produced by a casting process selected from the group consisting of vacuum casting and vacuum die-casting, said body coil having a length along said longitudinal axis that is larger than a length of said gradient coil system along said longitudinal axis.