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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2024
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
David Grodzki, Erlangen, DE;
Adam Paul Johnstone, Thame, GB;
Soeren Gruebel, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Kirsch, Baiersdorf, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a liquid helium cooling system of a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprises: providing a first timetable including scan times and a second timetable including a plurality of time slots associated with one of at least two different levels of electrical power availability; determining, based on the first timetable, off-times when the system is not used for scanning; determining, based on the second timetable, at least one time slot within the off-times that is not associated with the level of highest electrical power availability; activating a power-saving mode during the at least one time slot; and activating a standard operating mode of the liquifying device prior to start of the next scan time.