Abstract:
A local coil arrangement for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a support structure with an antenna arrangement and a sensor arrangement embedded in the support structure. The antenna arrangement has a number of magnetic resonance antennas. A magnetic resonance excitation signal can respectively be emitted by means of each magnetic resonance antenna and/or a magnetic resonance signal can respectively be received by means of each magnetic resonance antenna. The sensor arrangement has a number of magnetic field sensors and an evaluation circuit. The magnetic field sensors detect how large a static magnetic field is to which the local coil arrangement is exposed and output a corresponding output signal and supply a corresponding output signal to the evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit determines a logical presence signal and outputs it. The value of the logical presence signal depends on whether a field strength of the static magnetic field is greater than a minimum field strength.
Abstract:
An arrangement to transmit magnetic resonance signals has a local coil composed of a number of individual antennas for acquisition of radio-frequency signals of a magnetic resonance examination. Preamplifiers amplify the radio-frequency signals, and a transmission device transmits the radio-frequency signals from the local coil to the preamplifiers. The transmission device is fashioned as a readout coil and has a number of individual antennas. The individual antennas of the readout coil are magnetically coupled with the individual antennas of the local coil, with the individual antennas of the local coil and the individual antennas of the readout coil forming a linear MIMO transmission system describable by a transmission matrix.
Abstract:
Feed line for at least one local coil in a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, comprising at least one coil plug as well as at least one standing wave barrier for suppression of unwanted radio-frequency currents on a conductor cable of the feed line, with the standing wave barrier integrated into the coil plug.
Abstract:
A circularly polarizing antenna for a magnetic resonance apparatus is formed by a first linear antenna subsystem and a second antenna subsystem arranged so as to be rotated 90.degree. relative to each other. On the side of the signal terminals and each antenna subsystem has a self-contained conductor. On the side facing away from the signal terminals, the antenna subsystems have a common self-contained conductor.
Abstract:
A circuit for detuning a resonator in a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has an output connected to a terminal of the resonator via a high-frequency line composed of two conductors. The resonator is shortened at this terminal with a shorting capacitor that can be short-circuited for detuning the resonator. The length of the high-frequency line is shorter than one-fourth of the wavelength of a high-frequency signal having the operating frequency of the nuclear magnetic resonance imaging apparatus on the high-frequency line. For detuning the resonator the high-frequency line can be terminated at the output with a further capacitor, so that the high-frequency line acts as a short-circuit at the terminal.