Patent ID: 7944208

Claim:
A magnetic resonant imaging system comprising: a main magnet having opposing poles, positioned along a horizontal axis, that define an open magnetic resonance imaging area configured to detect a magnetic field generated by the main magnet; and a transport system comprising: a bench comprising at least two parts configured to support a patient, that is capable of moving the patient into and out of the open magnetic resonance imaging area with the at least two parts of the bench being capable of forming and maintaining the form of a chair shaped seat, while the patient is being moved into and out of the open magnetic resonance imaging area of the main magnet, wherein said at least two parts are pivotally attached to one another at, at least one rotation point around the horizontal axis, and a support structure configured to support the bench, wherein the support structure comprises: a track passing between said opposing poles of the main magnet, that is also at a fixed position relative to the main magnet, such that the bench moves along a movement path on the fixed position of the track into and out of the open magnetic resonance imaging area, and wherein at least one part, of the at least two parts of the bench which are configured to support a patient is rotatable at said at least one rotation point while within the open magnetic resonance imaging area in order to position the patient in any desired slanted position after the patient is, or has been moved by the bench and positioned within the open magnetic resonance imaging area which allows any part of the anatomy of the patient, on the bench, to be properly positioned at the center of the open magnetic resonance imaging area.