An arrangement comprising a patient bed, a magnetic resonance scanner and a second modality imaging system; the patient bed comprising: a base disposed between the magnetic resonance scanner and the second modality imaging system, the second modality being other than magnetic resonance; and a linearly translatable patient support pallet supported by the base and aligned to be selectively moved into an examination region of the magnetic resonance scanner for magnetic resonance imaging and into an examination region of the second modality imaging system for second modality imaging by moving the patient support pallet relative to the base and without linearly translating the base, a linear translation range of the linearly translatable patient support pallet being less than five times a length of the patient support pallet along the direction of linear translation; wherein at least a portion of the linearly translatable patient support pallet is supported by the base both when the patient support pallet is in the examination region of the magnetic resonance scanner and when the patient support pallet is in the examination region of the second imaging modality such that the patient support pallet extends in a cantilevered fashion when in the examination region of the second imaging modality; wherein the second modality imaging system is mounted on rails and is adapted to be translated relative to the base parallel to the direction of linear translation of the linearly translatable patient support pallet between a more proximate position relative to the magnetic resonance scanner and a less proximate position relative to the magnetic resonance scanner; and wherein there is a gap between the end of the patient bed and the second modality imaging system that is large enough for a person to walk between the patient bed and the second modality imaging system when the second modality imaging system is in the less proximate position. a base disposed between the magnetic resonance scanner and the second modality imaging system, the second modality being other than magnetic resonance; and a linearly translatable patient support pallet supported by the base and aligned to be selectively moved into an examination region of the magnetic resonance scanner for magnetic resonance imaging and into an examination region of the second modality imaging system for second modality imaging by moving the patient support pallet relative to the base and without linearly translating the base, a linear translation range of the linearly translatable patient support pallet being less than five times a length of the patient support pallet along the direction of linear translation; wherein at least a portion of the linearly translatable patient support pallet is supported by the base both when the patient support pallet is in the examination region of the magnetic resonance scanner and when the patient support pallet is in the examination region of the second imaging modality such that the patient support pallet extends in a cantilevered fashion when in the examination region of the second imaging modality; wherein the second modality imaging system is mounted on rails and is adapted to be translated relative to the base parallel to the direction of linear translation of the linearly translatable patient support pallet between a more proximate position relative to the magnetic resonance scanner and a less proximate position relative to the magnetic resonance scanner; and wherein there is a gap between the end of the patient bed and the second modality imaging system that is large enough for a person to walk between the patient bed and the second modality imaging system when the second modality imaging system is in the less proximate position.