Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

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Johns Hopkins University

Siemens Healthineers Ag

University College London

Masterrind Gmbh

Heiko Meyer

David Grodzki

Hans Juergen Maerkl

Mathias Nittka

Martin Harder

Lars Lauer

Esther Raithel

Berthold Kiefer

Jianmin Wang

Josef Pfeuffer

Yiqiang Zhan

Edgar Mueller

Vibhas S Deshpande

Daniel Nicolas Splitthoff

Peter Gall

Florian Maier

Jan Fritz

Keith Aaron Heberlein

Shu Liao

Theresa Bachschmidt

Peter Kollasch

Elmar Rummert

Thomas Vahle

Detlef Rath

Alexander Fege

Iulius Dragonu

Ralph Oliver Schmidt

Abraham Padua, Jr

Robert Thiess

Guntram Ruef

Kilian Rossig

Wei Liu

Alexander Heisterkamp

Daniel Papp

Raoul Amadeus Lorbeer

Gerd Löffler

Jens Vollert

Philipp Scholle

Dieter Faust

Jacob Stolk

Martina Callaghan

Nikolaus Weiskopf

Craig Buckley

Stefan Usinger

Hans Jurgen Markl

Hans Jürgen MÄRKL

Ralph Schmidt

Guntram RÜF

The disclosure relates to receiving a provisioning request for providing a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) image of a geometric image region of an object, wherein the provisioning request comprises a specification relating to at least one feature that is to be matched between an MRT reference image of the image region and the MRT image. A control unit is configured to actuate and control an MRT apparatus according to the specification in accordance with a predefined measurement technique to conduct a predefined MRT measurement at least on the geometric image region of the object, and to receive an MRT dataset generated in the measurement. The control unit is configured to provide the MRT image of the geometric image region of the object according to the specification from the MRT dataset in accordance with a predefined exporting method.

Control unit, method for operating a control unit, MRT apparatus comprising a control unit, computer program and electronically readable data medium

An adjustment device for a track conditioning unit has a measuring unit for determining a lateral offset of a rail, travelled on by a rail vehicle, relative to an effective range of a track conditioning unit or a measuring unit for determining the relative position of a bogie with respect to the rail car body. The adjustment device contains a determining unit for determining an actuation command for an actuation unit in accordance with the determined lateral offset between the effective range of the track conditioning unit and the rail. Part of the adjustment device for the track conditioning unit is also an actuation unit for actuating an actuator unit of the track-conditioning unit with an adjustment command which is generated on the basis of the actuation command. The actuator unit adjusts an effective range of the track conditioning unit on the basis of the adjustment command.

Controllable track conditioning unit

In a method for displaying quantitative magnetic resonance image data, and a processor, and a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus that implement such a method, first quantitative MR image data of an examination object are provided to the processor, the first quantitative MR image having been obtained using an MR scanner with a first basic magnetic field strength. The first quantitative magnetic resonance image data are converted in the processor from the first basic magnetic field strength to a second basic magnetic field strength, thereby generating second quantitative MR image data, which are then displayed.

Method, processor and magnetic resonance apparatus for displaying quantitative magnetic resonance image data

A method of acquiring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from an MRI scan of an object includes generating a number of excitation sequences by, in order: generating an excitation pulse, generating an imaging magnetic field gradient, and generating a spoiler magnetic field gradient. MRI data is acquired during the generation of the spoiler magnetic field gradients. The spoiler magnetic field gradients are selected such that, during each excitation sequence, substantially the same k-space trajectory is traversed during the generation of the spoiler magnetic field gradient.

Magnetic resonance imaging

A system for generating medical image scanner configurations includes a scanner configuration database and a simulation component. The database stores a scanner configuration dataset corresponding to a medical image scanner. The simulation component includes a display module which is configured to present a graphical user interface (GUI) utilized by the medical image scanner, and an editing module which is configured to create a modified scanner configuration dataset based on commands received from a user via the GUI. Additionally, the simulation component includes a simulation module which is configured to (i) perform a simulation of the medical image scanner using the modified scanner configuration dataset to yield simulated results, (ii) use the display module to present the simulated results in the GUI, and (iii) in response to receiving user approval of the simulated results via the GUI, save the modified scanner configuration dataset to the database.

Enterprise protocol management

A chassis for a rail vehicle includes a chassis frame supported on at least first and second wheelsets and one A-frame linkage per wheelset on both sides of the chassis for horizontal axle guidance of the wheelset. Each A-frame linkage is connected in an articulated manner to one of two axle bearings of a wheelset by a wheelset-side bearing and to the chassis frame by two frame-side bearings. At least one of the bearings per A-frame linkage has a hydraulic bushing with variable longitudinal rigidity. The hydraulic bushing has at least one fluid chamber fillable with hydraulic fluid so that in the fluid chamber a hydraulic pressure can form for adjusting longitudinal rigidity. An acceleration sensor per axle bearing measures wheelset acceleration and an adjustment device adjusts hydraulic pressure in at least one of the fluid chambers depending on the measured wheelset acceleration.

Chassis for a rail vehicle

In a method and apparatus for recording a magnetic resonance dataset of at least one foreign body in a target region of a patient, a magnetic resonance sequence having an ultra-short echo time, which is less than 500 &#x3bc;s is used for recording the magnetic resonance data.

Method and apparatus for recording a magnetic resonance dataset of at least one foreign body in a patient

A chassis for a rail vehicle, in particular for a locomotive. A chassis frame is supported on first and second wheel sets and one triangular link per wheel set on both sides of the chassis for horizontally guiding the axle of the wheel set. An A-arm is hinged to one of two axle bearings by a wheel set-side bearing and by two frame-side bearings. The latter have elastomer bushings with a constant longitudinal and transverse rigidity. The former have hydraulic bushings with constant transverse rigidity and variable longitudinal rigidity. The bearings of each A-arm are arranged on the corners of a horizontal isosceles triangle. The tip of the triangle forms the wheel set-side bearing and the base forms the frame-side bearings. This resolves the conflicting objectives between dynamic running behaviors of the chassis when cornering and the driving stability when traveling straight ahead at a high speed.

In a method and apparatus for acquiring a magnetic resonance imaging dataset of an area to be examined of a patient by magnetic resonance data are acquired over a prespecified acquisition period which has been fixed for the acquisition process. This acquisition period is divided into a number of sub-periods. For each sub-dataset of the magnetic resonance data acquired by undersampling in a sub-period, at least one motion value describing the motion status of the area to be examined is determined, and the data subsets to be used for the reconstruction of the magnetic resonance imaging dataset are selected in dependence on the motion values in order to minimize motion artifacts.

Method and apparatus for acquiring a magnetic resonance imaging dataset

A control facility of a magnetic resonance system receives parameters of a measuring sequence from an operator. The parameters define an activation of a gradient system of the magnetic resonance system. The control facility detects an exposure of at least one body region of the examination object brought about by the activation of the gradient system. The exposure is detected as a function of the position in which the examination object is disposed in an examination volume of the magnetic resonance system.

Magnetic resonance system with position-dependent slew rate limitation

In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for segmenting image data of an examination object, raw data of the examination object are achieved with the operation of a magnetic resonance scanner. Quantitative image data of the examination object are then calculated in a processor from the raw data. At least one physical variable of the examination object is quantitatively ascertained pixelwise and is displayed. The quantitative image data are segmented for identification of predetermined objects in the quantitative image data, and displayed in a display unit.

Method and device for segmenting a medical examination object with quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for establishing at least one measurement protocol of a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object, the measurement parameters necessary for the magnetic resonance measurement of the examination object are set, at least one absorption variable according to the measurement parameters set is established, and at least one measurement protocol is established that includes further measurement parameters according to the established at least one absorption variable. A characteristic variable can be established that indicates the ability to carry out the at least one measurement protocol according to the at least one established absorption variable.

Method and magnetic resonance apparatus for establishing a measurement protocol of a magnetic resonance data acquisition

Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating automatic planning for medical imaging. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives first image data of a subject. One or more imaging parameters may then be derived using a geometric model and at least one reference anatomical primitive detected in the first image data. The geometric model defines a geometric relationship between the detected reference anatomical primitive and the one or more imaging parameters. The one or more imaging parameters may be presented, via a user interface, for use in acquisition, reconstruction or processing of second image data of the subject.

Automatic planning for medical imaging

In a method, a user interface, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a storage medium encoded with programming instructions, in order to enable processing and/or display of magnetic resonance diffusion image data, diffusion image data are provided to a computer, a signal threshold are provided to a computer, and a b-value map is calculated by the computer on the basis of the diffusion image data and the predetermined signal threshold.

Method and system to process magnetic resonance diffusion image data

The wheel set shaft of a rail vehicle is protected in an effective and economical manner by a protection device. The device includes an elastomeric mat which can be easily placed on the wheel set shaft and retaining means for retaining the elastomeric mat on the wheel set shaft.

Wheelset axle protection

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Heiko Meyer