Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method for obtaining multiple exposures at respectively different positions without interruption

US6414486B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Richard Koellner · Weisendorf, DE
• Frank Rabe · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2002
• Expiry date: May 25, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/704
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has a magnet with at least one patient receptacle and at least one support plate, as well as a predetermined number of transmit and/or receive coils. In at least two predetermined exposure positions, at least one exposure respectively takes place using predetermined adjustment parameters. High-contrast exposures can be obtained in a short time, by the required adjustment parameters being determined in a preceding adjustment process, and the exposures are carried out in a subsequent exposure process.