摘要:
In a medical compression apparatus and a compression part therefor, the compression part has a number of access openings therein allowing an instrument, such as a biopsy needle, to be inserted through one of the openings into a body part compressed by the apparatus. The compression part allows the access openings to be alterable in size and/or shape.
摘要:
A method for generating a spatially resolved magnetic resonance dataset using a coil arrangement includes providing at least one correction datum based on receiver characteristics of the coil arrangement. The method also includes providing a magnetic resonance dataset with spatially resolved signal intensity data, and correcting the at least one signal intensity datum in the magnetic resonance dataset by the correction datum before or after providing the magnetic resonance dataset.
摘要:
A positioning apparatus configured to actively assist the support, positioning, or support and positioning of a patient on a patient support apparatus is provided. The positioning apparatus includes a sliding bearing unit to allow the positioning apparatus to be supported in a movable manner on the patient support apparatus, and a bearing unit with at least two bearing regions. At least a first of the at least two bearing regions is configured to support and/or provide support on the patient support apparatus, and at least a second of the at least two bearing regions is configured to assist the positioning of the patient.
摘要:
A hearing protection device for use in magnetic resonance devices is provided. The hearing protection device has a first hearing protection unit for disposal on a first ear of a patient and a second hearing protection unit for disposal on a second ear of a patient. The first hearing protection unit and/or the second hearing protection unit has a fluid cushion unit.
摘要:
A radio-frequency transmission device for a magnetic resonance system to generate magnetic resonance exposures of an examination region of an examination subject, has: a first radio-frequency transmission antenna that emits radio-frequency signals in the examination region, a radio-frequency amplifier that supplies the first radio-frequency transmission antenna, with radio-frequency signals with a predetermined radio-frequency transmission power, and a second radio-frequency transmission antenna fashioned to label a medium flowing in the examination region and/or examination regions via emission of labeling radio-frequency signals, such that the medium can be identified in the generated magnetic resonance exposures of the examination region. The second radio-frequency transmission antenna is coupled with the radio-frequency amplifier to supply the first radio-frequency transmission antenna, such that it likewise supplies the second radio-frequency transmission antenna with radio-frequency signals with a predetermined radio-frequency transmission power for the emission of radio-frequency labeling signals.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance system that has a magnet system that generates magnetic fields in an excitation region, allowing nuclei in an examination subject in the excitation region to be excited to emit a magnetic resonance signal. A reception antenna device with multiple local coils for reception of the magnetic resonance signals is arranged in proximity to the examination subject, and has a base part and an attachment part. The attachment part can be placed on the base part such that the examination subject is located between the base part and the attachment part (6). The multiple local coils are respectively connected with an evaluation device for evaluation of magnetic resonance signals. To simply and reliably couple the antenna devices to an evaluation device with optimally few electrical conductors being located in the excitation region, the multiple local coils in the attachment part are respectively connected with the evaluation device via a base coupling element that is arranged at a predetermined base part location on the base part and an attachment coupling element is arranged at a predetermined attachment part location on the attachment part. The magnetic resonance signal received by the local coil can be fed to the evaluation device via the attachment coupling element and the base coupling element and as long as the attachment part is placed on the base part.
摘要:
A gradient coil for generating a periodically changing read-out gradient in a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is operated in a series resonant circuit having a capacitor. One of the elements of the series resonant circuit is charged before the beginning of each read-out gradient. The gradient coil can be charged with current, or the capacitor can be charged with voltage. Such operation either avoids or significantly shortens the transient effect which occurs after excitation of the nuclear spins. The use of a series resonant circuit instead of a parallel resonant circuit significantly reduces the voltage load on the gradient amplifier, so that the gradient amplifier can be constructed simpler and more inexpensively.
摘要:
In the echo planar imaging (EPI) method of operating a nuclear magnetic resonance (magnetic resonance imaging) tomography apparatus, the necessary, rapid switching of gradients having a high amplitude usually cannot be achieved with square-wave gradients, and therefore a read-out gradient having a sinusoidal shape is generally used. Given a chronologically equidistant sampling of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal in the time domain, however, a sampling in the k-space with different rates is present. The bandwidth of the signal is proportional to the sampling rate in the k-space. In the method disclosed herein, bandwidth of a bandpass filter or a low-pass filter in the signal processing circuit for the nuclear magnetic resonance signal is adapted to the time dependent bandwith of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal, i.e., to the sampling rate in the k-space. The bandwidth is increased with increasing sampling rate. The signal-to-noise ratio is noticeably improved.
摘要:
An examination subject is irradiated with a sequence of RF pulses. Negative gradient pulses G.sub.z3 and G.sub.y4, as well as a phase-coding gradient G.sub.x2 are generated preceding each RF pulse. Negative gradient pulses G.sub.z2 and G.sub.y1, as well as a phase-coding gradient G.sub.x1, are generated following each RF pulse. The phase-coding gradient G.sub.x1 is inverted relative to the phase-coding gradient G.sub.x2. The negative gradient pulse G.sub.y1 is followed by a positive gradient pulse G.sub.y2 which serves as a read-out gradient during which a first signal S.sub.1 is received. A positive gradient pulse G.sub.y3 is generated preceding the negative gradient pulse G.sub.y4, the positive gradient pulse G.sub.y3 serving as a read-out gradient during which a second signal S.sub.2 is received. Two signals having different T.sub.2 weighting are thus obtained in each measuring sequence, without extending the measuring time. Two images having different T.sub.2 contrast, and thus increased diagnostic value, can thus be produced.
摘要:
A positioning apparatus configured to actively assist the support, positioning, or support and positioning of a patient on a patient support apparatus is provided. The positioning apparatus includes a sliding bearing unit to allow the positioning apparatus to be supported in a movable manner on the patient support apparatus, and a bearing unit with at least two bearing regions. At least a first of the at least two bearing regions is configured to support and/or provide support on the patient support apparatus, and at least a second of the at least two bearing regions is configured to assist the positioning of the patient.