Patent ID: 6374133
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method of imaging a part of a body with a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance image forming machine designed for forming images of only parts of a body, in combination with an examination table, wherein there is a guide for moving the examination table to and from the machine in a line, and wherein the examination table is able to rotate along a vertical rotational axis, the method comprising the steps of:arranging a patient on the table so that the part of the body to be imaged extends off of the table; orienting the table about the vertical rotational axis so that the part of the body to be imaged extends along the line; moving the table toward the machine until the part of the body to be imaged is in a detection cavity of the machine and while all of the table is outside of the detection cavity; and forming an image of the part of the body with the machine.