Local coil device, magnetic resonance device, and method for determining an inclination
OwnerJohann Sukkau, Matthias Malzacherinventors
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Abstract
Device and method for optical, wireless data transmission between components of a magnetic resonance tomograph The invention relates to a peripheral apparatus for a magnetic resonance tomograph with an optical transmitter for transmitting data over free space, as well as a magnetic resonance tomograph having an optical receiver with a light guide in a patient tunnel which is designed to couple optical signals from an environment, and a method for operation.
Claims15
A local coil device for a magnetic resonance device, the local coil device comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being tiltable relative to the first portion;
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- an acceleration sensor on the second portion, the acceleration sensor being configured to generate sensor data, the sensor data being usable to determine inclination information with respect to an inclination, a change in the inclination, or the inclination and the change in the inclination of the tiltable second portion of the local coil device.
A magnetic resonance device comprising:
- at least one local coil device, a local coil device of the at least one local coil device comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being tiltable relative to the first portion;
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- an acceleration sensor on the second portion, the acceleration sensor being configured to generate sensor data, the sensor data being usable to determine inclination information with respect to an inclination, a change in the inclination, or the inclination and the change in the inclination of the tiltable second portion of the local coil device
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- a control device comprising:
- at least one control unit external to the local coil device;
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- at least one control unit on a local coil device side.
A method for determining an inclination of a second portion of a local coil device that is tiltable relative to a first portion of the local coil device for a magnetic resonance device, wherein the local coil device comprises an acceleration sensor on the second portion, the method comprising:
- in an examination procedure in which the local coil device is installed on a component of the magnetic resonance device, determining inclination information with respect to an inclination, a change in the inclination, or the inclination and the change in the inclination of the tiltable second portion of the local coil device from the sensor data of the acceleration sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.