Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Healthineers Ag

Steffen Schröter

Dominik Paul

Andreas Greiser

Jens Thöne

Markus Vester

Peter Speier

Jan Bollenbeck

Matthias Fenchel

Eike Rietzel

Björn Heismann

Robert Kagermeier

Johann Sukkau

Volker Matschl

Andres Sommer

Dietmar Sierk

Peter Gall

Felix Wolf

Martin Nisznansky

Maria Kröll

Jürgen Holstegge

A magnetic resonance apparatus has a scanner that has a patient receiving area, a position data acquisition unit, and a patient examination table of a patient positioning device. The table is movable within the patient receiving area. The position data acquisition unit detects a subarea, including an isocenter, of the patient receiving area, and provides position data to a speed regulating processor that regulates the speed of the table of patient positioning device depending on this position data.

Magnetic resonance apparatus and method for positioning an object on a patient positioning device within an isocenter of a magnetic resonance scanner

A medical imaging unit includes a patient receiving area, a housing unit at least partly surrounding the patient receiving area, a detector unit, and a movement detection unit. The movement detection unit includes two or more detection elements configured for detecting a distance from the detection elements to the patient, and including an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit is configured to establish from detected movement of the individual detection elements a three-dimensional movement of the patient within the patient receiving area.

Medical imaging unit, medical imaging device with a medical imaging unit, and method for detecting a patient movement

A transmitter for pilot tone navigation in a magnetic resonance tomography system includes a power supply and an antenna. The transmitter is configured to transmit a pilot tone signal via the antenna. The transmitter also includes a decoupling element in order to protect a transmitter output from signals that the antenna receives with excitation pulses of the magnetic resonance tomography system during a magnetic resonance tomography. In a method, movement-dependent changes to the pilot tone signal of the transmitter are identified by a controller of the magnetic resonance tomography system.

Signal transmitter for pilot tone navigation

A method is provided for recording, with a magnetic resonance device, magnetic resonance data of a target region of a patient moved by their breathing. An optical camera arranged in a bore of the magnetic resonance device directed onto the patient is used. Image data of the patient recorded by the camera before and/or during the recording of the magnetic resonance data is evaluated to form breathing information describing the breathing state and the breathing information is used for triggering and/or movement correction and/or assessment of a process in which a patient holds their breath.

Method for recording magnetic resonance data and magnetic resonance device

A system for wireless transmission of signals is provided. The system includes a mobile operator unit that is operable to transmit signals; and a base unit of a safety-critical device that is operable to receive signals from the mobile operator unit. The mobile operator unit is operable to categorize the signals to be transmitted as safety-relevant control signals and non-critical communication signals. Only the safety-relevant control signals are checked for error-free transmission. The non-critical communication signals are transmitted without error safety checking.

Wireless transmission of signals

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Steffen Schröter