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Magnetic resonance RF transmission array

US7439742B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

17Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Fontius · Neunkirchen, DE
Rudi Baumgartl · Erlangen, DE
Franz Schmitt · Erlangen, DE
Georg Pirkl · Dormitz, DE
Bernd Stoeckel · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2006
Grant date	Oct 21, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/5612
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a magnetic resonance system and an operating method therefor, a number of independently operable radio frequency signal generator modules are provided or respectively connected to radio frequency coils. A control unit provides a synchronization signal to each of the radio frequency signal generator modules to selectively operate the modules to achieve different types of signal transmission. One of the radio frequency signal generator modules can serve as a master module, that receives the synchronization signal directly from the control unit, and supplies the synchronization signal to the other modules, functioning as slave modules.

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