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Local coil with integrated pilot tone transmitter

US11340322B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Barbara Dornberger · Erlangen, DE
Robert Rehner · Fairview Avenue, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2019
Grant date	May 24, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/56509
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A local coil for a magnetic resonance tomograph includes a transmitting antenna for emitting a pilot tone, and a receiving antenna for receiving the pilot tone. The local coil also has a decoupling device for decoupling the receiving antenna from the transmitting antenna.

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