Open Interventional Superconducting Magnet Technology for Proceedings of 15th Interventional Conference on magnet Technology

摘要

General Electric has successfully sited ten open interventional superconducting magnets at research hospitals in seven different countries. The superconducting magnet operates at 10 K via conduction cooling and has coils which are wound with niobium-tin (Nb_3Sn) tape. The unique open architecture design of these magnets allows meical access to the patient during the imaging process. These systems are being utilized in a variety of image guided medical applications. A review of some of the design, operation, and shimming features on this unique magnet will be presented.