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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Kannengiesser, Wuppertal, DE;
Michael Wullenweber, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/54 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/54 (2013.01); A61B 5/0037 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
Abstract
In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for determining a scanning region that is relevant to a magnetic resonance examination, overview data are acquired from an object positioned on a patient accommodation device during total imaging, the overview data are evaluated so as to generate position information therefrom relating to the object positioned on the patient accommodation device on the basis of the overview data, and the scanning region that is relevant to the magnetic resonance examination is determined on the basis of the position information.