Synchronization of clocks in autonomous components of an MR system and synchronous execution of commands in those components

US8402300B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Rudi Baumgartl · Erlangen, DE
• Nikolaus Demharter · Dormitz, DE
• Georg Pirkl · Dormitz, DE
• Roland Werner · Krefeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2013
• Expiry date: May 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/3621
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a device and a method to execute commands in components of an imaging system, in particular of a magnetic resonance tomography system, local clocks in the components are temporally synchronized, commands, including a respective command execution time specification which respectively specifies at which point in time a command should be executed, are sent to the components, the commands are received by the components, commands and command execution time specifications that are received by components are stored in these components, and a stored command is respectively executed when a time indicated by the local clock coincides with the stored command execution time specification regarding the command.