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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Stocker, Grossenseebach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3873 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3873 (2013.01); G01R 33/3858 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance apparatus has a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner having a basic field magnet that generates a basic magnetic field in a patient-receiving zone of the scanner, and a gradient coil unit in the scanner, formed of individual gradient coil elements, and a shim unit having at least one carrier unit that is movably introducible into the scanner, the carrier carrying at least two shim elements formed of a material for shimming the basic magnetic field. The at least one carrier unit is bendable in at least one direction.