Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080208035 | Device for superposed MRI and PET imaging - A device is disclosed for superposed magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography imaging. The device includes a magnetic resonance imaging magnet which defines a longitudinal axis; a magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil arranged radially within the magnetic resonance imaging magnet; a magnetic resonance imaging RF coil arranged radially within the magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil; and a multiplicity of positron emission tomography detection units arranged in pairs opposite one another about the longitudinal axis. In at least one embodiment, the many positron emission tomography detection units are arranged radially within the magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil and can be inserted into the device and can be removed from the device along the longitudinal axis. In at least one embodiment, a carrier tube is provided having a multiplicity of pockets, which in each case extend along the longitudinal axis, for accommodating at least one positron emission tomography detection unit. | 08-28-2008 |
20080267478 | Device consisting of a combination of a magnetic resonance tomograph and a positron emission tomograph - A sandwich structure which attenuates the PET radiation only very slightly, is used as a support tube for the transmit antenna. In at least one embodiment, it includes a thin strong inner wall, a likewise thin and strong outer wall and an interior of the support tube which is of the honeycomb type or is made of foam material. | 10-30-2008 |
20090005671 | Combined positron emission tomography / magnetic resonance imaging apparatus - A combined positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging apparatus for imaging organs of an examination object in an examination space is disclosed, including a positron emission tomography apparatus having at least one radiation detector, and a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having at least one gradient coil and a radio-frequency antenna device. In order to prevent mechanical oscillations being induced in the PET gantry by the gradient coil, at least one embodiment of the combined position emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is developed further in that a first molding is provided, whose surface coincides with the inner shell of the at least one gradient coil, and a second molding is provided, whose surface coincides with the outer shell of the radiation detector, the distance between the two shells being virtually constant over the circumference of the shells, and a vacuum seal being arranged in each case along at least a first and a second circumferential line such that a closed cavity is formed between the vacuum seals. | 01-01-2009 |
20090051362 | Antenna unit for a PET/MRI scanner - An antenna unit for a PET/MRI scanner is disclosed, including a supporting tube in which at least one antenna for MR signals is arranged. In at least one embodiment, the supporting tube has at least one permeable section and one impermeable section, the permeable section of which has a greater permeability to PET quanta than the impermeable section. The antenna unit further includes a screen for radio-frequency signals which is arranged outside of the supporting tube and surrounds the latter. In at least one embodiment, an intermediate layer is arranged between the supporting tube and the screen and, in the region of the permeable section of the supporting tube, is composed of, at least in part, a material which has a permeability to PET quanta comparable to the permeable section. | 02-26-2009 |
20090206836 | Detection unit including an RF transceiver system and a pet detector - A detection unit is disclosed for arrangement in the main magnet of an MR device, which has both an RF transceiver system and a PET detector. In at least one embodiment the RF transceiver system is divided into two parts and the two parts are arranged upstream and downstream of the PET detector in the longitudinal direction of the patient tunnel. The RF transceiver system and PET detector are applied to the same image volume. In at least one other embodiment, an MR device is equipped with the detection unit, and in at least one other embodiment, a method operates the detection unit. | 08-20-2009 |
20100036237 | DETECTOR UNIT FOR ARRANGEMENT WITHIN A FIELD GENERATING UNIT OF AN MR DEVICE - A detector unit for arrangement in a field generating unit of a magnetic resonance device has an RF transmission/reception system for transmitting RF pulses into, or receiving magnetic resonance signals from, an examination volume of the field generation unit. The RF transmission/reception system surrounds a patient tunnel at a radial distance from a tunnel axis thereof, and is divided into two sub-systems located at a distance from each other along the direction of the tunnel axis, so as to form a substantially annular cavity or interstice therebetween. | 02-11-2010 |
20100056902 | PATIENT POSITIONING COUCH AND MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A PATIENT POSITIONING COUCH - A patient positioning couch includes an illumination apparatus having at least one light source that is arranged in the patient positioning couch. The patient positioning couch is capable of being placed in an examination area of a medical device. Through the arrangement of the at least one light source of the illumination apparatus of the patient positioning couch, it is always ensured that the illumination does not lose its location relative to a patient or another object positioned on the patient positioning couch, even if the position of the patient positioning couch changes, e.g. if the patient positioning couch is moved into or out of the examination area. At the same time an especially space-saving illumination of the examination area can thus be achieved. | 03-04-2010 |
20100066369 | Full-Body Antenna For A Magnetic Resonance System Comprising Hollow Rods - A whole-body antenna for a magnetic resonance apparatus has an antenna structure composed of a number of antenna rods extending in a rod direction between first and second ends of the antenna structure. The antenna rods are distributed around a central axis of the antenna structure, forming an examination region for an examination subject in a magnetic resonance examination. The antenna rods are coupled to each other at their first ends by a ferrule. Each of the rods is a hollow rod, and each rod is connected at its second end to ground via a hollow ring. Conductors are routed in the interior of the hollow rods, and can be routed through the hollow ring to the exterior of the antenna structure. | 03-18-2010 |
20120313645 | LOCAL COIL SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE WIRELESS TRANSFER OF ENERGY TO A LOCAL COIL SYSTEM - A local coil system for a magnetic resonance system including at least one local coil for capturing magnetic resonance (MR) signals and at least one energy receiving antenna for inductively receiving energy for the local coil system from a temporally varying magnetic field is provided. The at least one energy receiving antenna is or may be tuned to an energy transfer frequency that is lower than a Larmor frequency of the MR signals to be captured and higher than approximately 20 kHz. | 12-13-2012 |
20130008726 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS - A patient support apparatus for a medical imaging apparatus, such as a magnetic resonance apparatus, is proposed. The patient support apparatus has a couch, a lifting unit for vertical movement of the couch, a travel unit, and at least one sensor unit to detect at least one weight variable for determining the weight of a patient. The at least one sensor unit has at least one sensor element, which is disposed on the lifting unit and/or on the travel unit. | 01-10-2013 |
20130090896 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL STRUCTURE OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY SHIELD OF A HIGH-FREQUENCY ANTENNA OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE ARRANGEMENT - A method determines an optimal structure of a high-frequency shield of a high-frequency antenna of a magnetic resonance arrangement. The high-frequency shield shields the high-frequency antenna from a gradient-coil arrangement. A three-dimensional initial structure of the high-frequency shield is defined in accordance with structural parameters and jointly with the high-frequency antenna, the gradient-coil arrangement, or both the high-frequency antenna and the gradient-coil arrangement. The structural parameters are optimized via an optimization method with respect to at least one optimization criterion. | 04-11-2013 |
20130221965 | B1 Field-Based Regulation Within a Sequence for NMR - A B1 magnetic field may be regulated during a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) imaging sequence. | 08-29-2013 |
20130300418 | MR Antenna With Compensation for Variable Distance to Shield - A whole-body coil for a magnetic resonance tomography device includes one or more compensation capacitors between a high-frequency antenna and an RF shield. The one or more compensation capacitors each have variable capacitance caused by a variation in a distance of the RF shield to the high-frequency antenna. | 11-14-2013 |
20140320130 | Antenna Array for a Magnetic Resonance Tomography System - An antenna array for a magnetic resonance tomography system includes a first ring with a plurality of first capacitors, a second ring with a plurality of second capacitors, and a plurality of antenna rods each extending from a region between two adjacent first capacitors to a region between two adjacent second capacitors. The antenna array enables, as a body coil, a multi-channel reception for use of modern imaging methods with a low level of technical complexity. An antenna rod of the plurality of antenna rods comprises a decoupling module configured to decouple, as required, the respective antenna rod from the remaining antenna rods of the plurality of antenna rods. | 10-30-2014 |
20150054506 | Magnetic Resonance Coil, Device and System - The embodiments relate to a magnetic resonance coil for a magnetic resonance device with a measuring chamber for an examination object and a cylindrical birdcage antenna arrangement having a plurality of antenna elements disposed at least in some areas around a measuring chamber in the form of circumferential antenna rings or axial outer rods connecting the rings. The antenna elements include electric components, e.g., reactive capacitive and/or inductive systems. The magnetic resonance coil also has at least two antenna feeds, e.g., phase-offset in relation to one another by 90°, by which radio-frequency energy is able to be supplied to the birdcage antenna arrangement. The antenna feeds include at least one symmetrical feed via at least one of the electric components of the birdcage antenna arrangement as well is at least one assigned asymmetrical feed between the birdcage antenna arrangement and a screen connection. | 02-26-2015 |