WO2014050621A1 - 超電導磁石装置および磁気共鳴イメージング装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a superconducting magnet apparatus using a superconducting magnet and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus using the superconducting magnet (hereinafter referred to as an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus), and more particularly to a superconducting magnet apparatus that is unlikely to cause quenching.
- MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- a superconducting magnet is used as a source of a strong static magnetic field.
- the superconducting magnet has a configuration in which a superconducting coil is formed by winding a superconducting wire around a coil bobbin, and a gap between the superconducting wires is filled with resin and hardened.
- the superconducting magnet is cooled to a temperature at which it transitions to the superconducting state (usually, for example, the boiling point of liquid helium is 4.2 Kelvin), and after cooling, a current is passed through the superconducting coil to reach the rated magnetic field.
- the circuit called is closed to a closed loop state in which a permanent current flows. Thereby, a superconducting state can be maintained.
- Patent Document 1 it is presumed that the cause of the superconducting wire moving or cracking in the resin is the aging of the superconducting coil, and the superconducting magnet is repeatedly demagnetized or overcurrent is passed.
- a technique for substantially accelerating the secular change of the structure inside the superconducting coil in advance is proposed. This makes it difficult for sudden quenching to occur during a period in which a permanent current is maintained for a long period of time.
- an MRI apparatus an open type apparatus that does not give a feeling of blockage to a patient as a subject is known.
- an annular helium container filled with liquid helium is placed symmetrically up and down across the space in which the subject is placed, and coil bobbins each wrapped with a superconducting coil are housed therein. Is done.
- Patent Documents 2 and 3 disclose an example of the structure of a coil bobbin in an open type MRI apparatus.
- JP 2006-324411 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-223620 JP 2007-208232 JP
- the coil bobbin of the superconducting magnet and the superconducting coil are housed in a liquid helium container arranged in a vacuum chamber, and a strong magnetic field is generated by a permanent current flowing through the superconducting coil. For this reason, it is very difficult to grasp the state of the superconducting coil, the resin hardening it, and the coil bobbin inside the liquid helium container.
- the technique of Patent Document 1 merely estimates that the cause of quenching is that the superconducting wire moves due to the “aging” of the superconducting coil or that the resin is cracked.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a structure capable of effectively reducing quenching of an open superconducting magnet.
- a support member that suppresses deformation of the annular end plate fixed to the end of the cylindrical portion around which the main coil of the coil bobbin is wound to the static magnetic field space side is disposed.
- the deformation of the end plate of the coil bobbin can be suppressed by the support member, the deformation of the main coil can be efficiently reduced. Thereby, quenching caused by deformation of the main coil can be suppressed.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a superconducting magnet device according to a first embodiment.
- 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a coil bobbin 2 of the apparatus of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a deformation of the end plate and the main coil 1 when the coil bobbin 2 is not provided with a support member.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a modification of the end plate of the coil bobbin 2 and the main coil 2 provided with the support member of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective cross-sectional view of a coil bobbin 2 including a support member 5 according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a coil bobbin 2 in which main coils 1a and 1b of a third embodiment are stacked in two stages.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a coil bobbin 2 that fixes a support member of a fourth embodiment with a bolt. Explanatory drawing of the MRI apparatus of 5th Embodiment.
- the inventors examined in detail how the internal structure of the superconducting magnet of the MRI apparatus changes in the superconducting state. As a result, it has been found that an open superconducting magnet device in which a pair of superconducting magnets are opposed to each other with an imaging space interposed therebetween has a unique structural change that cannot occur in a cylindrical superconducting magnet device. Specifically, it has been found that a part of the coil bobbin that holds the main coil in the superconducting coil is deformed by the electromagnetic force acting on the main coil, and the main coil is distorted in accordance with the deformation of the coil bobbin.
- the present invention provides a structure for preventing the deformation of the coil bobbin and improves the quench resistance of the superconducting magnet. Specifically, in order to suppress coil deformation, a member that suppresses deformation of the end plate that holds the main coil from the facing surface side of the superconducting magnet is disposed.
- a member that suppresses deformation of the end plate that holds the main coil from the facing surface side of the superconducting magnet is disposed.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the open-type superconducting magnet apparatus according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the coil bobbin.
- the superconducting magnet device has a pair of superconducting magnets 10 and 20 disposed facing each other across a space (imaging space) 40 in which a static magnetic field is to be formed, and a connecting portion 30 that connects the pair of superconducting magnets 10 and 20.
- Each of the pair of superconducting magnets 10 and 20 includes a main coil 1, a shield coil 4 for suppressing a leakage magnetic field of the main coil 1, and a coil bobbin 2.
- the coil bobbin 2 includes a cylindrical portion 26 around which the main coil 1 is wound, an annular end plate 3 having an inner peripheral portion fixed to an end portion on the imaging space 40 side of the cylindrical portion 26, and an annular end plate 3. And a support member 5 that suppresses displacement of the outer peripheral portion toward the imaging space 40 side.
- the coil bobbin 2 can be configured to include an annular reverse side end plate 27 disposed on the opposite side of the imaging space 40 of the cylindrical portion 26.
- the support member 5 can be a member having an L-shaped cross section. In this case, one end is fixed to the reverse side end plate 27. The other end supports the outer peripheral portion of the annular end plate 3.
- the support member 5 described above can be an annular member along the annular end plate.
- the open-type superconducting magnet apparatus of FIG. 1 includes a pair of superconducting magnets 10 and 20 that are disposed opposite to each other in the vertical direction (Z direction) across an imaging space (a space in which a static magnetic field is to be formed) 40, and , 20 and two connecting portions 30 are provided.
- the connecting portion 30 supports the upper superconducting magnet 10 with respect to the lower superconducting magnet 20, and connects the liquid helium containers 7 in each of them.
- Each of the superconducting magnets 10 and 20 includes an annular coil bobbin 2, a main coil 1, a shield coil 4, a liquid helium vessel 7, a shield plate 8, and a vacuum vessel 9.
- Both the main coil 1 and the shield coil 4 are made by winding an alloy superconductor wire such as NbTi (hereinafter referred to as a superconducting wire) around a predetermined position on the coil bobbin 2, and impregnating the gap between the superconducting wires with resin.
- the coil bobbin 2 is made of a nonmagnetic metal (for example, SUS304 or aluminum alloy).
- the main coils 1 of the superconducting magnets 10 and 20 both generate a magnetic field in the Z-axis direction in the imaging space 40.
- the shield coil 2 of the superconducting magnets 10 and 20 generates a magnetic field in the Z-axis direction opposite to that of the main coil 1 in order to cancel the leakage of the magnetic field of the main coil 1 to the outside of the imaging space 40.
- the annular coil bobbin 2 is connected to the main coil bobbin part 21 for supporting the main coil 1, the shield coil bobbin part 22 for supporting the shield coil 4, and the housing part 23. It is a structure.
- the casing 23 connects and supports the main coil bobbin 21 and the shield coil bobbin 22.
- the main coil bobbin 21 is disposed on the side (opposite surface) closest to the imaging space 40 by the housing unit 23.
- the shield coil bobbin 22 is disposed at a position farther from the imaging space 40 in the Z-axis direction and the R-axis direction (radial direction) than the main coil bobbin 21.
- the main coil bobbin 21 includes a cylindrical portion 26, an annular end plate 3, and an annular reverse side end plate 27.
- the end plate 3 is disposed at the end of the cylindrical portion 26 on the imaging space 40 side, the inner peripheral portion is fixed to the cylindrical portion 26, and the outer peripheral portion is open. That is, the end plate 3 has a structure that is cantilevered by the cylindrical portion 26.
- the reverse side end plate 27 is disposed at the end of the cylindrical portion 26 opposite to the imaging space 40.
- the inner peripheral portion of the reverse side end plate 27 is fixed to the cylindrical portion 26, and the outer peripheral portion is fixed to the shield coil bobbin 22. Accordingly, the reverse side end plate 27 connects the main coil bobbin 21 and the shield coil bobbin 22.
- the superconducting wire of the main coil 1 is wound from the open outer peripheral side of the main coil bobbin 1 into a space surrounded on three sides by the inner peripheral plate 26, the end plate 3, and the opposite end plate 27.
- the gap between the superconducting wires is impregnated with resin to fix the superconducting wires.
- the main electromagnetic force acting on the main coil 1 wound around the main coil bobbin 21 is the repulsive force against the shield coil 4 supported by the same coil bobbin 2 and the main coil of the coil bobbin 2 arranged opposite to each other across the imaging space 40 Because it is an attractive force to 1, the electromagnetic force acting on the equatorial plane side in the Z-axis direction is the main component.
- the end plate 3 of the main coil bobbin 21 secures necessary rigidity, It is designed as thin as possible.
- the shield coil bobbin 22 includes an annular inner cylinder 28 and an outer cylinder 29, an annular end plate 31, and an annular opposite end plate 32.
- the annular end plate 31 has an inner periphery and an outer periphery fixed to the lower ends of the inner cylinder 28 and the outer cylinder 29, respectively.
- the annular opposite end plate 32 has an inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion fixed to the lower ends of the inner cylinder 28 and the outer cylinder 29, respectively.
- the shield coil 4 is wound in a space surrounded by four sides by an annular inner cylinder 28, an outer cylinder 29, an annular end plate 31, and an annular opposite end plate 32.
- the gap between the superconducting wires is impregnated with resin to fix the superconducting wires.
- the housing 23 includes an inner cylinder 24 and an annular end plate 25 fixed to the end of the inner cylinder 24 opposite to the imaging space 40.
- a cylindrical portion 26 of the main coil bobbin 21 is fixed to an end portion of the inner cylinder 24 on the imaging space 40 side.
- the outer peripheral portion of the end plate 25 is fixed to the shield coil bobbin 22.
- the parts of the coil bobbin 2 are firmly fixed by welding or screwing.
- the coil bobbin 2 of the present invention is provided with an annular support member 5 that supports the outer end of the end plate 3 of the main coil bobbin 21 that is not supported in the vertical direction (Z-axis direction).
- the support member 5 has an L-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 2, and its upper end is firmly fixed to the reverse side end plate 27 of the main coil bobbin 21 or the end plate 31 of the shield coil bobbin 22 by welding or the like.
- the tip of the lower end of the support member 5 is located closer to the imaging space 40 in the Z-axis direction than the tip of the end plate 3, and the tip of the end plate 3 is prevented from being displaced toward the imaging space 40 in the Z-axis direction. Yes.
- the support member 5 is made of a nonmagnetic metal (for example, SUS304 or aluminum alloy) in the same manner as the coil bobbin 2.
- the coil bobbin 2 of the lower superconducting magnet 20 has a symmetrical structure with the coil bobbin 2 of the upper superconducting magnet 10 sandwiching the equator plane (symmetric plane).
- the liquid helium container 7 is fixed to the inner peripheral end of the end plate 25 and the outer peripheral end of the end plate 32, and forms a space for filling liquid helium around the coil bobbin 2. .
- the outside of the liquid helium container 7 and the end plates 25 and 32 is covered with a shield plate 8.
- a vacuum container 9 is installed outside the shield plate 8.
- the connecting portion 30 that connects the upper and lower superconducting magnets 10 and 20 includes a connecting column 6 that connects the coil bobbin 2 of the upper superconducting magnet 10 and the coil bobbin 2 of the lower superconducting magnet 20.
- the connecting column 6 supports the main coil 1 and shield coil 4 of the upper superconducting magnet 10 and the attracting electromagnetic force acting between the main coil 1 and shield coil 4 of the lower superconducting magnet 20.
- the periphery of the connecting column 6 is covered with a liquid helium container 7, a shield plate 8, and a vacuum container 9. These are connected to the liquid helium container 7, the shield plate 8, and the vacuum container 9 of the upper and lower superconducting magnets, respectively.
- the open outer peripheral portion of the end plate 3 of the main coil bobbin 21 is the equator plane (imaging space). 40) Displace to the side. Specifically, the outer peripheral portion of the end plate 3 is pulled and displaced in the Z-axis direction, and the end plate 3 is curved and deformed in the radial direction while having a disk spring shape.
- the direction of curvature is concave with respect to the equator plane (imaging area 40).
- the main coil 1 is deformed by following the shape of the end plate 3 while the outer end thereof is displaced in the Z-axis direction and is curved in the radial direction. Due to this deformation, displacement and strain are generated in the coil, and the impregnating resin constituting the coil is broken, or the conductor moves to generate frictional heat and generate coil quench.
- the support member 5 since the support member 5 supports the end portion on the open side (outer peripheral side) of the end plate 3 in the Z direction, the upper and lower superconducting magnets 10 in the superconducting state. Even when electromagnetic forces attracting each other are generated in the 20 main coils 1, the support member 5 suppresses the displacement of the distal end portion of the end plate 3 in the Z-axis direction as shown in FIG. As a result, the end plate 3 is curved so that the central portion of the width in the radial direction is convex toward the imaging space 40, but since the displacement of the tip portion is suppressed by the support member 5, the displacement of the entire end plate 3 is reduced. The size is small compared to the case of FIG.
- the main coil 1 is deformed following the curvature of the end plate 3, but the distortion is suppressed because the main coil 1 is mainly displaced by simple bending.
- the strain (stress) generated in the main coil 1 varies depending on the bobbin shape and the end plate thickness, etc. As an example, if the coil shape is the same and the end plate thickness is the same, there is a support member 5 In this case, the stress caused by the electromagnetic force applied to the main coil 1 can be reduced by 30 to 40% compared to the case where the support member 5 is not provided.
- the stress applied to the main coil 1 can be reduced by suppressing the deformation of the end plate 3 of the main coil bobbin 21 due to the electromagnetic force applied to the main coil 1 by arranging the support member 5. Therefore, quenching due to deformation of the coil 1 can be prevented.
- portion where the support member 5 supports the end plate 3 may be fixed by welding or screwing, even if it is only in contact.
- the main coil 1 and the shield coil 4 are made of a material that is in a superconducting state at the liquid helium temperature.
- the liquid helium container 7 and the shield plate 8 may be unnecessary.
- the main coil 1 and the shield coil 4 can be composed of a plurality of coils.
- the support member 5 is a plurality of members arranged along the circumferential direction of the annular end plate 3.
- the plurality of members of the support member 5 can be arranged with a space therebetween.
- the annular support member 5 is divided into a plurality of members in the circumferential direction.
- the plurality of divided support members 5 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction.
- the support member 5 has a shape obtained by dividing the annular support member 5, but the inner and outer shapes of the support member 5 do not necessarily need to be arcuate, and are linear. It may be. By using the linear support member, the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with the arc-shaped support member.
- the structure of the main coil bobbin 21 of the coil bobbin 2 has a two-stage structure.
- the second cylindrical portion 66 having the same structure as the cylindrical portion 26 is connected to the end portion on the imaging space 40 side of the cylindrical portion 26 in FIG. ing.
- the inner peripheral portion of the annular second end plate 63 is fixed to the end portion of the second cylindrical portion 66 on the imaging space 40 side.
- a second main coil 1b is wound around the second cylindrical portion.
- the support member 5 supports the end plate 3 and does not support the second end plate 63.
- the second cylindrical portion 66 and the second end plate 63 are arranged on the imaging space 40 side of the end plate 3 of the main coil bobbin 21.
- the second tubular portion 66 has the same structure as the tubular portion 26 and is connected to the end of the tubular portion 26 on the imaging space 40 side.
- the inner end of the second end plate 63 is fixed to the end of the second cylindrical portion 66 on the imaging space 40 side, and the outer periphery is open.
- the second end plate 63 has a structure that is cantilevered by the second cylindrical portion 66.
- the space in the main coil bobbin 21 is two-tiered in the Z-axis direction (vertical direction).
- an upper main coil 1a is wound in an upper space
- a lower main coil (second main coil) 1b is wound in a lower space.
- the upper main coil 1a and the lower main coil 1b have the repulsive force against the shield coil 4 supported by the same coil bobbin 2 and the imaging space 40, similarly to the main coil 1 of the first embodiment.
- the attraction force to the main coil 1 of the coil bobbin 2 disposed opposite to each other works, and the electromagnetic force that attracts the upper main coil 1a and the lower main coil 1b to each other also works.
- the upper main coil 1a is applied with a pulling force toward the equator plane (imaging space 40), but the lower main coil 1b is opposite to the equator plane (imaging space 40). Pulling force is applied to (upper main coil 1a side).
- the deformation of the main coil 1 is suppressed by suppressing the displacement of the end plate 3 by the support member 5. And quenching can be prevented.
- the support member 5 has a shape divided in the circumferential direction as in the second embodiment, but an annular support member 5 may be used as in the first embodiment. Is possible.
- the support member 5 is provided with a through-hole through which the bolt 70 passes, and the reverse end plate 27 of the coil bobbin 2 or the end plate 31 of the shield coil bobbin 22 is provided with a screw hole.
- the bolt 70 is inserted into the through hole of the support member 5 and screwed into a screw hole provided in the reverse side end plate 27 of the coil bobbin 2 or the end plate 31 of the shield coil bobbin 22. Thereby, the support member 5 is firmly fixed to the coil bobbin 2.
- the support member 5 may be fixed to the coil bobbin 2 by welding as in the first embodiment, but the support member 5 can be fixed by fixing using a bolt 70 as shown in FIG. Compared to the case of welding, this can be done easily. Further, by inserting a shim plate between the support member 5 and the coil bobbin 2, the height of the support member 5 can be easily adjusted. Further, by adopting a structure in which the support member 5 is fixed with the bolts 70, the support member 5 can be constituted by FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastics) instead of metal.
- FRP Fiber Reinforced Plastics
- a through hole is provided in the reverse side end plate 27 of the coil bobbin 2
- a screw hole is provided in the upper surface of the support member 5
- a bolt 70 is inserted from the upper surface of the reverse side end plate 27 (the reverse side surface of the imaging space 40). It is also possible to adopt a structure in which the support member 5 is screwed.
- the shape of the support member 5 is not limited to the shape divided as shown in FIG. 7, but is divided into the annular support member 5 of FIG. 2 of the first embodiment and the upper and lower two stages of the third embodiment.
- the support member 5 of the main coil holder 21 thus formed can be fixed with a bolt as in this embodiment.
- This MRI apparatus 100 includes a superconducting magnet device 110, a bed 120 for inserting a subject into a static magnetic field space (imaging space) 40 formed by the superconducting magnet device 110, and a gradient magnetic field generator for applying a gradient magnetic field to the static magnetic field space
- a high-frequency magnetic field generating unit that irradiates a high-frequency electromagnetic field in a static magnetic field space
- a receiving unit that receives a nuclear magnetic resonance signal generated by the subject
- a signal processing unit that reconstructs an image of the subject from the nuclear magnetic resonance signal
- a recess 111 is formed on the surface of the superconducting device 110 facing the imaging space 40 of the vacuum vessel 9, and a gradient magnetic field coil and a high-frequency irradiation coil are installed in the recess 111.
- the bed 120 is loaded with the subject and inserted into the imaging space 40.
- the control device 130 includes a drive circuit that outputs a drive current to the gradient magnetic field coil and a drive signal to the high-frequency irradiation coil, a detection circuit that detects the NMR signal received by the receiving coil attached to the subject, and the detected NMR signal.
- a signal processing unit for reconstructing an image is arranged.
- the control device 130 applies a gradient magnetic field to the subject at a predetermined timing and irradiates a high-frequency electromagnetic field according to a pulse sequence supported by the operator.
- the signal processing unit receives the NMR signal generated from the subject by the receiving coil, reconstructs an image from the NMR signal, and displays it on the display device.
- the MRI apparatus of the present embodiment is an open type that does not easily give the subject a feeling of blockage, and moreover, since the superconducting magnet is hardly quenched, the subject can be imaged stably over a long period of time.
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第1の実施形態の超電導磁石装置を図1、図2を用いて説明する。図1は、第1の実施形態の開放型超電導磁石装置の断面図である。図2は、コイルボビンの断面斜視図である。
第2の実施形態の開放型超電導磁石装置について図5を用いて説明する。
第3の実施形態の開放型超電導磁石装置について、図6を用いて説明する。
第4の実施形態として、支持部材5をコイルボビン2に対してボルト70で固定した構造を図7に示す。
第5の実施形態として、第1~第4の実施形態の超電導磁石装置を用いたMRI装置について図8を用いて説明する。
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- 静磁場を形成すべき空間を挟んで対向配置された一対の超電導磁石と、前記一対の超電導磁石を連結する連結部とを有する超電導磁石装置であって、
前記一対の超電導磁石はそれぞれ、主コイルと、前記主コイルの漏えい磁場を抑制するためのシールドコイルと、コイルボビンとを備えて構成され、
前記コイルボビンは、前記主コイルが巻回された筒状部と、前記筒状部の前記空間側の端部に内周部が固定された環状の端板と、前記環状の端板の外周部が前記空間側に変位するのを抑制する支持部材とを有することを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。 - 請求項1に記載の超電導磁石装置において、前記コイルボビンは、前記筒状部の前記空間の逆側に配置された環状の逆側端板をさらに有し、
前記支持部材は、断面がL字型の部材であり、一端が前記逆側端板に固定され、他端が前記環状の端板の外周部を支持することを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。 - 請求項2に記載の超電導磁石装置において、前記支持部材は、前記環状の端板に沿った、環状の部材であることを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。
- 請求項2に記載の超電導磁石装置において、前記支持部材は、前記環状の端板の周方向に沿って配置された複数の部材であることを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。
- 請求項4に記載の超電導磁石装置において、前記支持部材の前記複数の部材は、相互に間隔をあけて配置されていることを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。
- 請求項1に記載の超電導磁石装置において、前記筒状部の前記空間側の端部には、前記筒状部と同形状の第2の筒状部が前記端板を挟んで連結され、前記第2の筒状部の前記空間側の端部には、環状の第2の端板の内周部が固定され、
前記第2の筒状部には、第2の主コイルが巻回され、
前記支持部材は、前記端板を支持し、前記第2の端板を支持していないことを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。 - 請求項2に記載の超電導磁石装置において、前記支持部材は、前記逆側端板にボルトで固定されていることを特徴とする超電導磁石装置。
- 超電導磁石装置と、前記超電導磁石装置の形成する静磁場空間に被検体を挿入するベッドと、前記静磁場空間に傾斜磁場を印加する傾斜磁場発生部と、前記静磁場空間に高周波磁場を照射する高周波磁場発生部と、前記被検体が発生した核磁気共鳴信号を受信する受信部と、前記核磁気共鳴信号から前記被検体の画像を再構成する信号処理部とを有する磁気共鳴イメージング装置であって、
前記超電導磁石装置は、請求項1乃至7のいずれか一項に記載の超電導磁石装置であることを特徴とする磁気共鳴イメージング装置。
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