Patient couch with flexible rf transmitting power distribution for a magnetic resonance tomography system
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsRalph Kimmlingen, Norbert Rietsch
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Abstract
A patient couch for a magnetic resonance tomography system and a magnetic resonance tomography system are provided. The patient couch includes a feed facility for radiofrequency energy having a plurality of conduction paths for feeding radiofrequency energy. The patient couch also includes a plurality of plug-in connectors for local coils having a transmit coil, and a distribution structure for the distribution of radiofrequency energy from the feed facility to the plug-in connectors.
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A patient couch for a magnetic resonance tomography system, the patient couch comprising:
- a feed facility for radiofrequency energy, wherein the feed facility has a plurality of conduction paths for feeding radiofrequency energy;
- a plurality of plug-in connectors for local coils having a transmit coil and a first distribution structure for distribution of radiofrequency energy from the feed facility to the plurality of plug-in connectors, wherein at least one plug-in connector of the plurality of plug-in connectors is arranged in a movable fashion on the patient couch;
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- a position generator configured to determine a relative position of the at least one movable plug-in connector with respect to the patient couch.
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A magnetic resonance tomography system comprising:
- a patient couch comprising:
- a feed facility for radiofrequency energy, wherein the feed facility has a plurality of conduction paths for feeding radiofrequency energy;
- a plurality of plug-in connectors for local coils having a transmit coil and a first distribution structure for distribution of radiofrequency energy from the feed facility to the plurality of plug-in connectors, wherein at least one plug-in connector of the plurality of plug-in connectors is arranged in a movable fashion on the patient couch;
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- a position generator configured to determine a relative position of the at least one movable plug-in connector with respect to the patient couch;
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- a plurality of transmitting power outputs, wherein each transmitting power output of the plurality of transmitting power outputs has an electrical connection to a conduction path of the plurality of conduction paths of the feed facility for transmission of radiofrequency energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.