| US 7,560,928 B2 | ||
| Magnetic resonance imaging system, apparatus and associated methods | ||
| Raymond V. Damadian, Woodbury, N.Y. (US); William H. Wahl, Smithtown, N.Y. (US); Hank Hsieh, Berkeley, Calif. (US); Gordon T. Danby, Wading River, N.Y. (US); John W. Jackson, Shoreham, N.Y. (US); Jevan Damadian, East Northport, N.Y. (US); Luciano B Bonanni, Dix Hills, N.Y. (US); Mark Gelbien, Levittown, N.Y. (US); and Keith Saboe, Melville, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Fonar Corporation, Melville, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/236,184. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/613588, filed on Sep. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0197530 A1, Sep. 07, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01V 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 324—318 | 26 Claims |
| 1. A magnetic resonance imaging magnet, comprising:
first and second of pole supports spaced apart from one another and extending in a generally horizontal direction;
a pair of poles, each pole projecting from a respective one of the first and second pole supports along a polar axis that
is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal direction so as to define a patient receiving space therebetween; and
a pair of C-shaped flux return members distinct from and extending between the first and second pole supports so as to define
a frame, each of the flux return members including a first columnar section that extends parallel to the polar axis and a
pair of second columnar sections that each extend perpendicular to the polar axis from an end of the first columnar section.
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