Patent ID: 6969990

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provided with a magnet system comprising: a patient supporting apparatus for supporting a patient so as to enable him or her to be brought into and out of an imaging space of said magnet system, a signal acquisition means for acquiring magnetic resonance signals from said patient by using said magnet system, an image generating means for generating an image on the basis of said magnetic resonance signals, a magnet body having an upper pole section and a lower pole section opposite to each other with said imaging space between them; and a magnet cover having a ceiling beard covering the end face of said upper pole section and at floor board covering the end face of said lower pole section, said ceiling board comprising: a pan section comprising a central portion configured to be fixedly attached to an upper structure; and a plurality of car sections fixedly attached to said pan section, said pan section supported horizontally by said ear sections, said pan section in a state wherein it is bent by its own weight, and is formed in a dome shape in a direction reverse to the direction of bending by said pan section's own weight so that a surface of the ceiling board is horizontal.