Patent · US Active

Determining a load-optimized MR sequence

US11061087B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

3References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

George William Ferguson · Northglenn, US
Martin Harder · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Daniel Rinck · Forchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 18, 2019
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/0077
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method includes determining a position of a local coil, a coil position, and a position of a body part of a patient, a body part position. Spacing between the coil position and the body part position is determined. An optimized MR sequence is determined. Based on the determined spacing between the coil position and the body part position, it is checked that in a subsequent MR examination of the patient, a predetermined loading threshold value (e.g., an SAR value) is not exceeded. The optimization of the MR sequence thus takes place under the boundary condition that the loading threshold value is not exceeded.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.