The present invention relates to a patient support (10). In order to improve safety for MRI scanning protocols, a patient support is provided for an MRI scanner. The patient support comprises a braking device (12) for deaccelerating the patient support when being transferred relative to the MRI scanner. The braking device comprises at least one non-magnetic electrically conductive element. The at least one non-magnetic electrically conductive element is configured to induce one or more eddy currents in response to a magnetic field of the MRI scanner to provide a counter force against an attractive force between the patient support and the MRI scanner, thereby creating a braking effect.
