DE102012100171A1 - Magnetresonanzbildgebungssystem mit thermischem Speicher und Verfahren zum Kühlen - Google Patents

Magnetresonanzbildgebungssystem mit thermischem Speicher und Verfahren zum Kühlen Download PDF

Info

Publication number
DE102012100171A1
DE102012100171A1 DE102012100171A DE102012100171A DE102012100171A1 DE 102012100171 A1 DE102012100171 A1 DE 102012100171A1 DE 102012100171 A DE102012100171 A DE 102012100171A DE 102012100171 A DE102012100171 A DE 102012100171A DE 102012100171 A1 DE102012100171 A1 DE 102012100171A1
Authority
DE
Germany
Prior art keywords
cooling
container
coils
cooling container
mri
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
DE102012100171A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Longzhi Jiang
John Scatturo Jr.
Ernst Wolfgang Stautner
William Louis Einziger
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
General Electric Co
Original Assignee
General Electric Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by General Electric Co filed Critical General Electric Co
Publication of DE102012100171A1 publication Critical patent/DE102012100171A1/de
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C13/00—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels
    • F17C13/001—Thermal insulation specially adapted for cryogenic vessels
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/38—Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field
    • G01R33/3804—Additional hardware for cooling or heating of the magnet assembly, for housing a cooled or heated part of the magnet assembly or for temperature control of the magnet assembly
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C13/00—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels
    • F17C13/005—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels for medium-size and small storage vessels not under pressure
    • F17C13/006—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels for medium-size and small storage vessels not under pressure for Dewar vessels or cryostats
    • F17C13/007—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels for medium-size and small storage vessels not under pressure for Dewar vessels or cryostats used for superconducting phenomena
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C3/00—Vessels not under pressure
    • F17C3/02—Vessels not under pressure with provision for thermal insulation
    • F17C3/08—Vessels not under pressure with provision for thermal insulation by vacuum spaces, e.g. Dewar flask
    • F17C3/085—Cryostats
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/38—Systems for generation, homogenisation or stabilisation of the main or gradient magnetic field
    • G01R33/3802—Manufacture or installation of magnet assemblies; Additional hardware for transportation or installation of the magnet assembly or for providing mechanical support to components of the magnet assembly
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F6/00—Superconducting magnets; Superconducting coils
    • H01F6/04—Cooling
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/4935—Heat exchanger or boiler making
    • Y10T29/49359—Cooling apparatus making, e.g., air conditioner, refrigerator

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus (AREA)
DE102012100171A 2011-01-11 2012-01-10 Magnetresonanzbildgebungssystem mit thermischem Speicher und Verfahren zum Kühlen Withdrawn DE102012100171A1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13/004,700 2011-01-11
US13/004,700 US8598881B2 (en) 2011-01-11 2011-01-11 Magnetic resonance imaging system with thermal reservoir and method for cooling

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
DE102012100171A1 true DE102012100171A1 (de) 2012-07-12

Family

ID=45788713

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
DE102012100171A Withdrawn DE102012100171A1 (de) 2011-01-11 2012-01-10 Magnetresonanzbildgebungssystem mit thermischem Speicher und Verfahren zum Kühlen

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US8598881B2 (https=)
JP (1) JP5964054B2 (https=)
CN (1) CN102623129B (https=)
DE (1) DE102012100171A1 (https=)
GB (1) GB2487293B (https=)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN107110928A (zh) * 2014-12-31 2017-08-29 通用电气公司 用于冷却磁共振成像装置的系统和方法

Families Citing this family (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2506851B (en) * 2012-09-28 2014-11-12 Schlumberger Holdings NMR sample containment
CN103077797B (zh) * 2013-01-06 2016-03-30 中国科学院电工研究所 用于头部成像的超导磁体系统
DE102013208631B3 (de) 2013-05-10 2014-09-04 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Magnetresonanzvorrichtung mit einem Kühlsystem zu einer Kühlung einer supraleitenden Hauptmagnetspule sowie ein Verfahren zur Kühlung der supraleitenden Hauptmagnetspule
GB2530030A (en) * 2014-09-09 2016-03-16 Siemens Healthcare Ltd Cooling a superconducting magnet device
CN105632679B (zh) * 2014-11-04 2019-04-02 上海联影医疗科技有限公司 磁共振成像设备及其超导磁体
GB2547581B (en) * 2014-11-04 2019-01-09 Shenzhen United Imaging Healthcare Co Ltd Displacer in magnetic resonance imaging system
US9575149B2 (en) * 2014-12-23 2017-02-21 General Electric Company System and method for cooling a magnetic resonance imaging device
JP2017042246A (ja) * 2015-08-25 2017-03-02 株式会社日立製作所 超電導磁石装置および磁気共鳴イメージング装置
US10042015B2 (en) 2015-10-30 2018-08-07 General Electric Company Dual-purpose displacer system and method
CN108291949A (zh) * 2015-11-25 2018-07-17 皇家飞利浦有限公司 磁共振成像(mri)设备和用于mri设备的低温恒温器
JP6602716B2 (ja) * 2016-03-30 2019-11-06 ジャパンスーパーコンダクタテクノロジー株式会社 超電導マグネット装置
JP6546115B2 (ja) * 2016-03-30 2019-07-17 ジャパンスーパーコンダクタテクノロジー株式会社 超電導マグネット装置
CN111223631B (zh) * 2020-01-13 2021-07-30 沈阳先进医疗设备技术孵化中心有限公司 超导磁体冷却设备及磁共振成像设备

Family Cites Families (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5932758A (ja) * 1982-08-16 1984-02-22 株式会社日立製作所 冷凍機付クライオスタツト
US4516405A (en) * 1984-06-15 1985-05-14 General Electric Company Supporting tie configuration for cryostat for cold shipment of NMR magnet
US4680936A (en) 1985-12-24 1987-07-21 Ga Technologies Inc. Cryogenic magnet systems
DE4010032C2 (de) * 1990-03-29 1994-03-03 Bruker Analytische Messtechnik Magnetsystem
JPH0442977A (ja) * 1990-06-07 1992-02-13 Toshiba Corp 超電導磁石装置
US5545396A (en) 1994-04-08 1996-08-13 The Research Foundation Of State University Of New York Magnetic resonance imaging using hyperpolarized noble gases
US5568104A (en) 1995-10-23 1996-10-22 General Electric Company Open MRI superconductive magnet with cryogenic-fluid cooling
US6717408B2 (en) 2001-04-05 2004-04-06 Intermagnetics General Corporation Support structure for open MRI apparatus
US20080047836A1 (en) 2002-12-05 2008-02-28 David Strand Configurable Microfluidic Substrate Assembly
JP2007527728A (ja) 2003-04-03 2007-10-04 ガリル メディカル リミテッド 正確に画定された冷凍切除のための装置及び方法
US20050062473A1 (en) * 2003-09-24 2005-03-24 General Electric Company Cryogen-free high temperature superconducting magnet with thermal reservoir
DE102004037173B3 (de) 2004-07-30 2005-12-15 Bruker Biospin Ag Vorrichtung zur kryogenverlustfreien Kühlung einer Kryostatanordnung
US7497086B2 (en) * 2005-03-23 2009-03-03 Siemens Magnet Technology Ltd. Method and apparatus for maintaining apparatus at cryogenic temperatures over an extended period without active refrigeration
GB0505904D0 (en) 2005-03-23 2005-04-27 Siemens Magnet Technology Ltd Apparatus for maintaining a system at cryogenic temperatures over an extended period without active refrigeration
US7319327B2 (en) * 2005-11-17 2008-01-15 General Electric Company Magnetic resonance imaging system with reduced cooling needs
GB2433581B (en) * 2005-12-22 2008-02-27 Siemens Magnet Technology Ltd Closed-loop precooling of cryogenically cooled equipment
JP4878174B2 (ja) 2006-02-24 2012-02-15 株式会社日立製作所 磁気共鳴イメージング装置
GB2460016B (en) * 2008-04-30 2010-10-13 Siemens Magnet Technology Ltd Cooling apparatus
US8253416B2 (en) 2009-03-10 2012-08-28 Time Medical Holdings Company Limited Superconductor magnetic resonance imaging system and method (super-MRI)

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
35 USC § 112

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN107110928A (zh) * 2014-12-31 2017-08-29 通用电气公司 用于冷却磁共振成像装置的系统和方法

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2487293A (en) 2012-07-18
JP2012143563A (ja) 2012-08-02
US8598881B2 (en) 2013-12-03
CN102623129A (zh) 2012-08-01
JP5964054B2 (ja) 2016-08-03
CN102623129B (zh) 2016-05-04
GB201200353D0 (en) 2012-02-22
GB2487293B (en) 2017-01-11
US20120176134A1 (en) 2012-07-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
DE102012100171A1 (de) Magnetresonanzbildgebungssystem mit thermischem Speicher und Verfahren zum Kühlen
DE69532220T2 (de) Scheibenförmiger Magnet zur Bilderzeugung mittels magnetischer Resonanz
DE69926949T2 (de) Offener, supraleitender Magnet mit Abschirmung
DE69526394T2 (de) Magnet für die Bilderzeugung mittels magnetischer Resonanz
DE69028379T2 (de) System zur Bilderzeugung mittels magnetischer Resonanz mit aktiv abgeschirmten Gradientenspulen
DE69606379T2 (de) Offener kryogengekühlter supraleitender Magnet für die Bilderzeugung durch magnetische Resonanz
DE10019841B4 (de) Supraleitender, insbesondere offener Magnet und Verfahren zur Schaffung eines kompakten supraleitenden Magneten mit homogenen Magnetresonanzbilderzeugungsraum
DE102008037507B4 (de) Magnetanordnung für eine Magnetresonanz-Bildgebungsvorrichtung
US8797131B2 (en) Thermal shield and method for thermally cooling a magnetic resonance imaging system
Abduljalil et al. Acquisition of human multislice MR images at 8 Tesla
DE10130678B4 (de) Kernresonanz-Vorrichtung
DE69632113T2 (de) Offener, durch kryogenes Fluid gekühlter Magnet für die Bilderzeugung durch magnetische Resonanz mit gleichförmigem Magnetfeld
EP0073399B1 (de) Gradientenspulen-System einer Einrichtung der Kernspinresonanz-Technik
DE19652747A1 (de) Magnete für Magnetresonanzsysteme
EP3736590B1 (de) Magnetresonanztomographiesystem zur simultanen messung mehrerer patienten
DE69929752T2 (de) Heliumtank für supraleitenden Magnet mit offener Architektur für die bildgebende magnetische Resonanz
DE69709453T2 (de) Supraleitender Jochmagnet für die magnetische Resonanz und Methode zu seiner Erregung
US9784808B2 (en) Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnet for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
EP3736591A1 (de) Grundfeldmagnetanordnung für ein magnetresonanztomographie-system
DE69937533T2 (de) Offener Magnet mit Abschirmung
EP3182147B1 (de) Leicht zugängliche tiefgekühlte nmr shim-anordnung
WO2007104607A1 (de) Magnetresonanzanlage mit supraleitender ganzkörper-empfangsanordnung
DE102012209754B4 (de) Spuleneinrichtung für einen Kernspintomographen
DE10357604B4 (de) Verkürzung des Spin-Gitter-Relaxationszeit von bei der Magnetresonanzbildgebung verwendeten Silikonfluiden
DE102012105680A1 (de) System und Vorrichtung zum Ausgleich von Radialkräften in einer Gradientenspule

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
R005 Application deemed withdrawn due to failure to request examination