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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Wilfried Schnell, Forchheim, DE;
Yvonne Candidus, Fürth, DE;
Thomas Kundner, Buckenhof, DE;
Wolfgang Kraus, Nuremberg, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A local coil array for magnetic resonance applications has a mechanical structure in which a plurality of local coils of the local coil array are arranged. The mechanical structure has base elements and connecting elements. In each case, two of the base elements are connected to one other via at least one connecting element such that, to a limited extent, a translational and/or rotational movement of the base elements relative to one other is possible. The connection of the base elements to the connecting elements is configured such that the connecting elements either do not oppose the movement of the base elements relative to one another or only employ such a low counterforce that when the mechanical structure is placed on a patient from above, the base elements come to rest on the patient while moving relative to one another. At least some of the base elements contain at least a part of one of the local coils of the local coil array.