Patent ID: 8106736
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G01R,H01F

Abstract:
1. A solenoidal electromagnet arrangement for a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising: annular inner coils and annular end coils, all concentrically aligned about an axis, the end coils being placed at axial extremities, axially outside of the inner coils; a pair of annular outer coils concentrically aligned about the axis; and an arrangement retaining the pair of outer coils against an axial force urging the outer coils away from one another, said arrangement comprising strap elements which extend around a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface and an axially outer surface of each outer coil in certain circumferential locations, each strap element on one of the outer coils being linked to a corresponding strap element on the other outer coil of the pair by a tensile member.