Patent ID: 8055326
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A system for magnetic resonance imaging, comprising: a magnet defining a patient-receiving space and having a static magnetic field with a field vector in a substantially horizontal direction; a patient support having a support surface for a human body, said patient support being positioned within said patient-receiving space and being pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis; a coil antenna arrangement for receiving a signal from a patient disposed within said receiving space, said coil antenna including a first antenna having a first coil vector and a second antenna having a second coil vector, said first coil vector and said second coil vector being transverse to said static magnetic field vector, and wherein said static magnetic field vector is oriented substantially transverse to the long axis of a patient disposed within said patient-receiving space; and wherein said first antenna comprises a solenoidal coil antenna including a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion and the bottom portion of the solenoidal coil antenna detachably attached to each other, and wherein said second antenna comprises a saddle coil antenna and said first coil vector is substantially transverse to said second coil vector.