The nuclear magnetic resonance machine comprises a device (101) for
creating an intense main magnetic field B.sub.0 in a useable interior
space (109) in the form of a tunnel with axis Z, a device for
radio-frequency excitation and processing of radio-frequency signals
emitted in response by a body (150) placed in the useable interior space
(109), and a set (110) of solenoidal gradient coils for superimposing on
the intense magnetic field B.sub.0 components of an additional magnetic
field, the gradient coils (111-122) being incorporated into tubes that
are disposed in a annular cylindrical space (130). Between an exterior
cryogenic enclosure (102) and the annular cylindrical space (130) a
cylindrical screen (104) is disposed along the axis Z comprising a
conductive material of low resistance and low magnetoresistance such that
negligible induced currents are generated in the exterior cryogenic
enclosure (102) while the eddy currents induced in the cylindrical screen
(104) contribute to reinforcing the gradients produced by the solenoidal
gradient coils (111-122).