Measurement of radio frequency excitation pulses

US9864035B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Holger Adolf · Zirndorf, DE
• Thomas Benner · Erlangen, DE
• Hans-Peter Fautz · Forchheim, DE
• Jörg Ulrich Fontius · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Rene Gumbrecht · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Franz Schmitt · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2018
• Expiry date: May 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/5659
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods are provided for measurement of RF excitation pulses by a magnetic resonance device. The methods include the following acts: (1) sending of an RF excitation pulse by a radio-frequency system of the magnetic resonance device, (2) triggering of a receive event for capturing the RF excitation pulse by the control device of the magnetic resonance device, and (3) capturing of the sent RF excitation pulse in the form of excitation data by the radio frequency system. The excitation data may be used for checking process execution sequences.