Local coil unit for use in a magnetic resonance apparatus

US7212002B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Greim · Höchstadt an der Aisch, DE
• Thomas Kundner · Buckenhof, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2005
• Grant date: May 1, 2007
• Expiry date: May 31, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/3415
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A local coil unit for acquisition of a magnetic resonance signal of an examination subject, and that can be placed directly on this examination subject, has a deformable section that can be adapted to a contour of the examination subject by a bending mechanism. During acquisition of the magnetic resonance signal, a high signal-to-noise ratio thus can be achieved, which leads to a good image quality. Due to its deformability, the local coil unit is suited for use for sensitive magnetic resonance data acquisition from different examination subjects.