Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Spectrometer components
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2007-10-09
Shrivastav, Brij (Department: 2859)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Spectrometer components
C324S307000, C324S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10974408
ABSTRACT:
In a method and magnetic resonance system for generating a homogenous, radio-frequency excitation field in a spatial examination volume of the magnetic resonance system for a subject examination, the magnetic resonance system having a body coil comprised of N resonator segments or groups and a control and evaluation device for the separate activation of the individual resonator segments electromagnetically decoupled from one another, separate excitation of each individual resonator segment using defined excitation parameters ensue with an examination subject located in the magnetic resonance system and the respective segment-specific or group specific magnetic field distributions in the examination volume are determined. The segment-specific or group-specific magnetic field distributions are computationally superimposed to determine a overall field distribution in the examination volume. The homogeneity of the overall field distribution is evaluated using an evaluation algorithm and a change of one or more excitation parameters of one or more resonator segments or segment groups to compensate for a known field inhomogeneity is determined. The resonator segments or segment groups are excited with the determined parameter change to acquire an a diagnostic image of the subject.
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Diehl Dirk
Renz Wolfgang
Weinert Ulrich
Schiff & Hardin LLP
Shrivastav Brij
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Vargas Dixomara
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