Antenna system for a magnetic resonance imaging tomography apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWilhelm Duerr
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Abstract
In a magnetic resonance imaging tomography apparatus having a transmission antenna for exciting nuclear spins in an examination subject, and a reception antenna in the form of a local coil, the feeder for the local coil is provided with decoupling elements. The decoupling elements prevent a coupling of the electrical field of the transmission antenna with the feeder for the local coil.
Claims9
In a magnetic resonance imaging tomography apparatus having a transmission antenna for exciting nuclear spins in an examination subject and a reception antenna for receiving signals of excited nuclei in said examination subject in the form of a local coil, the improvement comprising:
- a feeder for said local coil having a plurality of decoupling elements connected therein and disposed at predetermined intervals along a length of said feeder and dividing said feeder into a plurality of individual conductor elements which are decoupled from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.