Radio frequency receive coil for use in magnetic resonance imaging systems with disconnection warning
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsMIHA FUDERER, JOHANNES MATIA VAN EGGERMOND
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Abstract
The present invention provides a radio frequency (RF) receive coil device for use in a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system, comprising a RF receive coil, a plug for connecting the RF receive coil to the MR imaging system, sensing means for sensing the presence of a magnetic field of the MR imaging system, detecting means for detecting if the plug is connected to the MR imaging system, and a warning means for generating a warning when the sensing means sense the presence of a magnetic field of the MR imaging system and the detecting means detect that the plug is not connected to the MR imaging system.
Claims12
A device comprising:
- a first port for coupled to an associated RF coil and a second port coupled an associated plug of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system;
- a sensor configured to detect presence of a main magnetic field generated by an associated main magnet of the MR imaging system;
- a detector coupled to the second port, the detector configured to detect if the plug is connected to the associated MR imaging system;
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- a warning unit configured to generate a warning when the sensor detects the presence of the main magnetic field generated by the main magnet and the dector detects that the plug is not connected to the MR imaging system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.