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Method for ascertaining a position and/or an orientation of an MR local coil unit

US11835604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Johann Sukkau · Herzogenaurach, DE
Volker Matschl · Bamberg, DE
Steffen Schroeter · Furth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/481
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for ascertaining at least one of a position or an orientation of an MR local coil unit for arrangement inside a main magnetic field includes providing a first 3D relative position of a reference sensor system in relation to the main magnetic field; receiving an acceleration vector from at least one acceleration sensor; retrieving a distance vector describing a fixed relative position as a function of the received acceleration vector; calculating a second 3D relative position of the at least one acceleration sensor in relation to the main magnetic field based on the first 3D relative position and the retrieved distance vector; and ascertaining the at least one of the position or the orientation of the MR local coil unit using the first 3D relative position and the second 3D relative position.

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