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US 2014/0191758 A1Published application
Transmit Antenna Selector and Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHong Cheng, Stefan Pott, JianMin Wang, Lan Wang
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Abstract
A transmit antenna selector includes a control circuit, a body coil signal output interface, a local coil signal output interface, a radio-frequency signal input interface, and a dummy load. The control circuit includes a plurality of diodes. The control circuit electrically connects, according to a control signal and via the plurality of diodes, the radio-frequency signal input interface with the body coil signal output interface, with the local coil signal output interface, or with the dummy load.
Claims20
A transmit antenna selector comprising:
- a control circuit;
- a body coil signal output interface;
- a local coil signal output interface;
- a radio-frequency signal input interface;
- and
- a dummy load;
- wherein the control circuit comprises a plurality of diodes, and
- wherein the control circuit electrically connects the radio-frequency signal input interface with the body coil signal output interface, with the local coil signal output interface, or with the dummy load, according to a control signal and via the plurality of diodes.
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A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- a transmit antenna selector comprising:
- a control circuit;
- a body coil signal output interface;
- a local coil signal output interface;
- a radio-frequency signal input interface;
- and
- a dummy load;
- wherein the control circuit comprises a plurality of diodes, and
- wherein the control circuit electrically connects the radio-frequency signal input interface with the body coil signal output interface, with the local coil signal output interface, or with the dummy load, according to a control signal and via the plurality of diodes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.