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Method for determination of the supported position of a patient in a magnetic resonance apparatus

US7561910B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Roland Faber · Uttenreuth, DE
Oliver Schreck · Castelldefels, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2006
Grant date	Jul 14, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/374
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for determination of the position of the apparatus scanner, three localizer exposures situated orthogonally to one another are obtained during or after the insertion of the patient into the scanner. Using these three localizer exposures, an image analyzer automatically determines anatomical markers shown in the localizer exposures, which anatomical markers are dependent on the patient position in the scanner terms of their position in the localizer exposure. The spatial position of the patient is automatically determined by the image analyzer using the markers.

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