Patent ID: 7631411
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a support structure for a source of a magnetic field in a magnetic resonance imaging system, the method comprising: assembling a first plurality of layers of a steel to form a first support structure, wherein the first plurality of layers are of progressively smaller dimensions and extend generally parallel to one another to form the first support structure; assembling a second plurality of layers of a steel to form a second support structure, wherein the second plurality of layers are of progressively smaller dimensions and extend generally parallel to one another to form the second support structure; providing at least one of a plate and a post made of a steel to form a third support structure; and assembling the first support structure, the second support structure and the third support structure, wherein the first support structure is associated with the second support structure through the third support structure.