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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Sultan Haider, Erlangen, DE;
Stefan Popescu, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
A method for positioning at least one local coil for recording magnetic resonance data with a magnetic resonance device, wherein at least one surface data record, which describes the surface of the patient to be recorded who is already positioned for recording on a patient couch of the magnetic resonance device, is measured, the surface characteristic of the patient is extracted from the surface data record and at least one position and/or shape of at least one of the at least one local coil is chosen as a function of the surface characteristic in such a way that there is a pre-determined distance between the surface of the patient and the surface of the local coil is provided.