Connection of coils to an mr device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHubertus Fischer, Katharina Hesels, Karsten Jahns, Wolfgang Kraus, Thomas Kundner, Steffen Wolf, Jörg Rothard
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Abstract
An accessory comprises at least one first electrical accessory port for connection to a respective matching electrical coil port of an MR coil and at least one second electrical accessory port for connection to a respective matching electrical device port of an MR device. The first accessory port and the second accessory port do not match one another. The respective first accessory port is connected to the associated second accessory port by electrical adaptation.
Claims14
An accessory comprising:
- at least one first electrical accessory port for connection to a respective matching electrical coil port of an MR coil;
- and
- at least one second electrical accessory port for connection to a respective matching electrical device port of an MR device,
- wherein the first accessory port and the second accessory port do not match one another and the first accessory port is connected to the second accessory port by electrical adaptation.
A MR device comprising
- a patient bed with at least one first device port for connecting an anteriorly positioned MR coil and at least one second device port for connecting a posteriorly positioned MR coil;
- and
- a memory, wherein at least one set of coil file parameters for the anteriorly positioned MR coil and one set of coil file parameters for the posteriorly positioned MR coil are stored in the memory,
- wherein the two device ports are designed differently,
- wherein the MR device is configured to read an identification of the anteriorly positioned MR coil via the first device port and to read an identification of the posteriorly positioned MR coil via the second device port,
- wherein the MR device is configured to process MR signals originating from the anteriorly positioned MR coil by a set of coil file parameters that are selected on the basis of the identification read from the anteriorly positioned MR coil and the connection of the anteriorly positioned MR coil to the first device port, and
- wherein the MR device is configured to process MR signals originating from the posteriorly positioned MR coil by a set of coil file parameters, that are selected on the basis of the identification read from the posteriorly positioned MR coil and the connection of the posteriorly positioned MR coil to the second device port.
A method for preparing an MR device, the method comprising:
- connecting an at least one second accessory port to an at least one second device port of a patient bed of the MR device,
- connecting an at least one coil port of an anteriorly arranged MR coil to a first device port of the MR device;
- and
- connecting an at least one coil port of a posteriorly arranged MR coil to a first accessory port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.