A magneto-quasistatic field may be used to align hydrogen of materials within a structure and/or to disrupt the alignment of hydrogen of materials within the structure. Realignment of the hydrogen after the disruption may cause emission of energy from the hydrogen. The characteristic(s) of the energy may be detected and used to generate image(s) of interior portion(s) of the structure.

A magneto-quasistatic field may be used to align hydrogen of materials within a structure and/or to disrupt the alignment of hydrogen of materials within the structure. Realignment of the hydrogen after the disruption may cause emission of energy from the hydrogen. The characteristic(s) of the energy may be detected and used to generate image(s) of interior portion(s) of the structure.

A self-supporting flexible shield for location between a warm surface and a cold mass so as to substantially enclose the cold mass, wherein the self-supporting flexible shield comprises a shaped plastic sheet with a low emissivity coating on both of its sides.

An apparatus for monitoring a cooling system. In some embodiments, the cooling system includes a chiller and a heat exchange process connected to the chiller by a coolant supply line and a coolant return line, and the apparatus includes a first temperature sensor, for measuring a coolant temperature in the coolant supply line, and a second temperature sensor, for measuring a coolant temperature in the coolant return line.

A method, apparatus and components thereof enable stimulating synthesis of new collagen and elastic fibers in superficial tissues, of a human or other living subject by introducing magnetic particles into the superficial tissue and activating the magnetic particles by application of magnetic field to stimulate synthesis of new collagen and elastic fibers.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an allowable amount of heat input to a superconducting magnet, the allowable amount being allocated to each of a plurality of imagings scheduled during a target period. The processing circuitry is configured to determine an imaging condition based on the allowable amount in the each of the plurality of imagings.

A magnetic resonance device having a main magnet unit with a cylindrical patient aperture. A gradient connection plate for a gradient coil arrangement surrounds the patient aperture. A cladding arrangement with at least one cladding part outwardly delimits the main magnet unit.

A superconducting magnet device including a plurality of superconducting magnet coils; a structural element mechanically and thermally linked to respective magnet coils to retain them in respective relative positions; and a cooling station thermally connected to a cryogenic refrigerator and to the structural element. A thermally conductive path, which passes through the structural element, is established between the cryogenic refrigerator and the superconducting magnet coils through the structural element.

An apparatus for non-invasive evaluations and in-vivo diagnostics includes an open magnet, an RF antenna, and an NMR analytics logical circuit communicatively coupled to the RF antenna, wherein the open magnet is shaped to generate a static magnetic field that extends unilaterally into an object or internal organ of a subject when the open magnet is positioned against or in proximity to the object or subject, the static and RF magnetic fields shaped to generate a sensitive volume within a target region. The RF antenna or antenna array is configured to transmit RF pulses into the target region of the object or internal organ and receive sets of NMR signals generated by hydrogen or other elements, and the NMR analytics logical circuit is configured to obtain and analyze sets of NMR signals.

An MRI apparatus equipped with a magnetic shield structure to reduce flux leakage. The MRI apparatus includes: a pair of static magnetic magnets that are disposed on opposite sides of an imaging space; and a pair of gradient coils that are disposed on opposite sides of the imaging space. Each static magnetic magnet has a disk-shaped magnetic material pole 201 and a ring-shaped magnetic material pole 202. Each gradient coil has a first coil 204 that applies a magnetic field gradient in a Z axis direction in an imaging region, and a laminate 301 that shields the disk-shaped magnetic material pole from magnetic flux produced in the first coil. The laminate has a smaller thickness in the Z axis direction on the ring-shaped magnetic material pole side than that in a center portion of the imaging space. A vertical lowest portion of a laminate end portion on the ring-shaped magnetic material pole side of the laminate is in a higher position than a position of a lowest portion of a laminate central portion on the imaging region side of the laminate.