Patent ID: 7694365
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A support structure that supports a shoulder of an examination subject in a magnetic resonance apparatus, said support structure comprising a magnetic resonance shoulder coil selected, as a selected shoulder coil, from among a plurality of differently sized magnetic resonance shoulder coils, and a pillow having a pillow body formed of material that comfortably supports human anatomy and that does not make a contribution to a magnetic resonance image, said pillow body comprising at least four outwardly extending, spaced-apart lobes having respective sizes and shapes relative to each other that allow said pillow body to be differently configured to respectively snugly fill an inner area in each of said plurality of differently sized magnetic resonance shoulder coils to give said pillow body, in each of said differently sized magnetic resonance shoulder coils, a configuration that supports a shoulder of a patient being examined with the selected shoulder coil in said magnetic resonance apparatus, said sizes and shapes of said lobes causing said lobes to not laterally overlap one another when said pillow body is configured and placed in each of said respectively different sized shoulder coils.