A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS

摘要

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising a magnetic structure having two opposite and spaced apart poles and a wall transverse to the poles and connecting the poles; a patient positioning table which is slidably connected to a supporting frame between the two poles; the table supporting frame being supported rotatably along a central horizontal axis perpendicular to at least one or both of the two opposite walls of the poles; a drive provided for rotating the frame about the said axis; the frame with the table being rotatable from a position in which the table is substantially horizontal to a position in which the table is substantially vertical, and vice versa. Preferably also the poles of the magnetic structure are supported rotatable together with the table supporting frame around the same axis transverse to the table.