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Hybrid MR/PET scanner with patient table split cable feed

US8467847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

James Frank Caruba · Bartlett, US
Ralf Ladebeck · Erlangen, DE
Elmar Rummert · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2010
Grant date	Jun 18, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3685
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hybrid magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system reduces likelihood of artifact distortion in PET images attributable to MR local coil cables and connectors in the patient table. MR local coil cables coupling the MR scanner and the MR local coil connectors are oriented so that they are outside the scanner field of view when performing PET scans.

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