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| 20090128153 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSMIT/RECEIVE ANTENNA DEVICES - Methods and circuit arrangements for operating a multi-channel transmit/receive antenna device or arrangement, especially for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, are disclosed by which RF amplifiers can be used to their full peak power capability without running the risk that the RF amplifier is damaged due to excessive reflected power at its output. Furthermore by evaluating certain forward and reflected power signals patient safety is achieved with respect to monitoring the limits of the specific absorption rate. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100141257 | RF TRANSMITTER WITH DIGITAL FEEDBACK FOR MRI - A method and an RF transmit system for generating RF transmit signals for feeding an RF transmitter ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141259 | METHOD AND RF TRANSMITTER ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING RF FIELDS - A multi-channel RF transmitter arrangement comprising a plurality of RF transmitter elements (e) like RF antennas, antenna elements, coils or coil elements, for generating an RF field, especially for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for exciting nuclear magnetic resonances (NMR), and a method for generating such an RF field is disclosed. The RF transmitter elements (e) are segmented in a plurality of segments (s | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110156704 | B1-MAPPING AND B1L-SHIMMING FOR MRI - The invention relates to a method of acquiring MRI image data comprising the following steps: performing a 3-dimensional B1 mapping of a first volume using a first voxel size, selecting an MRI protocol, performing the B1-shim in accordance with the MRI protocol, performing the MRI protocol to acquire MRI imaging data of a second volume using a second voxel size, wherein the first voxel size is larger than the second voxel size, wherein the first volume is larger than the second volume, and wherein the second volume is contained within the first volume. | 06-30-2011 |
