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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2015
Applicants:

Ralph Kimmlingen, Zirndorf, DE;

Norbert Rietsch, Dormitz, DE;

Inventors:

Ralph Kimmlingen, Zirndorf, DE;

Norbert Rietsch, Dormitz, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/58 (2006.01); G01R 33/3415 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); G01R 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/583 (2013.01); G01R 33/288 (2013.01); G01R 33/3415 (2013.01); G01R 33/246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) system are provided. The MRT system includes a controller configured to store a transmit vector that is established on a local-coil-specific basis. The transmit vector, for a specific local coil, indicates with which amplitudes and phases, transmit elements of the local coil may be controlled by a transmit device. The controller is configured to initiate a patient-specific calibration measurement on a patient to generate patient-specific calibration data representing a field distribution. The controller is also configured to determine deviations in the patient-specific calibration data from the stored transmit vector established on a local-coil-specific basis. The patient-specific calibration data is generated in the patient-specific calibration measurement on the patient and represents a field distribution. An imaging MRT measurement is not allowed if deviations exceed a threshold value, but is otherwise performed and is monitored by a monitoring device.


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