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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2023
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Michael Wullenweber, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A technique is provided for determining a position of a coil element of a radiofrequency coil (RF) for placement into a patient placement region of a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus. A magnetic resonance sequence is output via a radiofrequency (RF) antenna, which is arranged inside a scanner unit of the MR apparatus, first MR data is captured via the RF antenna, and second MR data is captured via the coil element. First MR images are ascertained from the first MR data, and second MR images are ascertained from the first MR data and the second MR data. Moreover, a similarity measure is determined from the first MR images and the second MR images, and an effective range of the coil element is determined from the first MR images and the second MR images. The effective range comprises a position of the coil element of the RF coil.