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Patient bed, local coil arrangement and method to determine the position of local coils in a magnetic resonance apparatus

US8587312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Stephan Biber · Erlangen, DE
Carl Udo Maier · Stuttgart, DE
Jochen Ostermaier · Erlangen, DE
Kay Uwe Seemann · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2010
Grant date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3415
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

At least one non-stationary coil in a magnetic resonance tomography system is attached with a fastener to a displaceable bed. The fastener has a position detector incorporated therein to determine the position or a component of the position of the non-stationary coil. The portion of the position is, for example, the position along the axis of symmetry of the measurement tube.

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