A super-conducting magnet apparatus in an MRI system which may reduce
unevenness among magnetization characteristics of ferromagnetic elements
arranged between super-conductive shield coils and superconducting main
coils. There are provided a pair of super-conducting main coils, a pair
of superconductive shield coils arranged on the axes of the pair of
super-conducting main coils, being spaced from the pair of
super-conducting main coils, and also arranged on opposite sides of a
zone to be observed, and ferromagnetic elements arranged in parts of
spaces extending from air core parts of the super-conducting main coils
to air core parts of the super-conductive shield coils. The
super-conductive shield coils have an outer diameter which is larger than
that of the super-conducting main coils. The ferromagnetic elements are
composed of a plurality of axially symmetric ferromagnetic members which
are coaxially arranged, and which have a space in at least a radial part
thereof, but not in a center axis part. With this configuration, the
magnetic saturation of the ferromagnetic members may be facilitated.
Thereby it is possible to reduce the effect of unevenness among
magnetization characteristics of the ferromagnetic elements.