Patent ID: 8797034
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G01R,H01F

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: patient positioning system means for positioning a patient within a magnetic resonance imaging field about a patient-receiving portion thereof, said field containing inhomogeneities within said patient-receiving portion; a support, said support providing horizontal, vertical, sitting down, rotational, angular and translational movement of a patient; a bed connected to said support and providing a surface for said patient; a drive, said drive connected to said support and powering same, said drive having no ferromagnetic components, a portion of said drive being remote to said magnetic resonance imaging field and connected thereto by a connector device; and a plurality of correction magnets, said correction magnets placed within a field of a magnetic resonance imaging system, said correction magnets substantially correcting said inhomogeneities and straightening field lines associated with said field within said patient-receiving portion, wherein at least one of said correction magnets being flexibly positionable to correct said inhomogeneities within said field.