Apparatus for visually monitoring a magnetic resonance scanner

An apparatus for visual monitoring of a magnetic resonance scanner situated in a screened room that is screened by a radio-frequency (RF) screen, said apparatus comprising:

• a camera and a screen housing that at least partially surrounds said camera, said camera and said screen housing being situated in said screened room;
• a receiver situated outside of said screened room;
• said camera and said receiver each having an interface to a data link between said camera and said receiver;
• a room interface via which said data link exits said screened room, said room interface comprising a filter;
• said camera and said screen housing being configured so that the screen housing reduces at least one of magnetic interaction and electrical interaction of the camera with a magnetic field generated by the magnetic resonance scanner;
• said camera having a field of view that encompasses at least a part of said magnetic resonance scanner, and said camera generating visual data that represent said at least a part of said magnetic resonance scanner;
• said data link being configured to transfer said visual data between said camera and said receiver, with said data link comprising a portion formed as a wireless connection comprising a first antenna and a second antenna in said screened room, said camera being connected to said first antenna and said room interface being connected to said second antenna;
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• said data link further comprising a third antenna and a fourth antenna, said data link exiting said screen housing via a screen interface comprising a filter, and said third antenna being situated in a region at least partially surrounded by the screen housing and being directly connected to the camera, said fourth antenna being mounted at a side of said screen interface facing toward said camera, and first antenna being mounted at a side of said screen interface facing away from said antenna.