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Magnetic resonance apparatus

US8749238B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Stephan Biber · Erlangen, DE
Franz Eiermann · Baunach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 19, 2011
Grant date	Jun 10, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 22, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3692
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetic resonance apparatus includes a receiving system with at least one receiver configured to process at least one receive signal of a receive channel. The magnetic resonance apparatus further includes at least one switching device configured to variably assign a first number of receive channels to a first number of inputs of the at least one receiver. The switching device has a crossbar switch and a pre-selection circuit connected upstream of the crossbar switch. Each receive channel of a first group of receive channels is directly connected to an input of a first group of inputs that is permanently assigned to the respective receive channel.

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