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Method for supporting a user when positioning an accessory for a magnetic resonance examination

US11054492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Christine Faigle · Erlangen, DE
Bjoern Heismann · Erlangen, DE
Silke Quick · Essen, DE
Eva Rothgang · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2018
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/34
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method and apparatus for supporting a user when positioning an accessory for a magnetic resonance examination on an examination object, the actual position of the accessory is acquired by an acquisition unit, and a target position of the accessory is determined by a determination unit. The actual position and the target position of the accessory are compared with regard to deviation of the actual position from the target position of the accessory. Output information representing any deviation that is found to exist is provided to a user via an output unit.

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