Dielectric element and method for generating a magnetic resonance image therewith

US7492156B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Yvonne Candidus · Tuchenbach, DE
• Thorsten Feiweier · Peising, DE
• Wilhelm Horger · Arnstorf, DE
• Jürgen Huber · Erlangen, DE
• Razvan Lazar · Erlangen, DE
• Melanie Schmitt · Erlangen, DE
• Lothar Schön · Neunkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A dielectric element is formed of a dielectric material exhibiting a magnetic resonance relaxation time, with a relaxation agent incorporated in the dielectric material that reduces the relaxation time of the dielectric material. The dielectric element is adapted for placement on a subject while magnetic resonance data are acquired from the subject, and locally influences the B1 field distribution in the subject during the acquisition of magnetic resonance data.