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Method for registering images of a subject with a magnetic resonance system and magnetic resonance system for the implementation of the method

US6421551B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Arnulf Oppelt · Spardorf, DE
Theodor Vetter · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 1999
Grant date	Jul 16, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/5673
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a system and method for the registration of images of a subject using magnetic resonance, the positions of one or more markings arranged at the subject and movable together therewith are detected with an acquisition system operated independently of and in parallel with the diagnostic image generating and registration operation of the magnetic resonance system. These positions serve as a criterion for identifying the orientation of the subject relative to the diagnostic imaging system, and the tomogram plane of interest is re-adjusted dependent on the positions of the markings.

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