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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Axel Friedrich, Nuernberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A mammography antenna for magnetic resonance examinations has an examination space with an opening for accepting a female breast, a conductor arrangement for transmitting and/or receiving magnetic high-frequency fields, and a compression arrangement spatially allocated to the conductor arrangement for compressing the breast during the magnetic resonance examination. The compression arrangement includes compression elements movably arranged in a holder part. The conductor arrangement includes first conductor segments that are connected to the compression elements, second conductor segments that are connected to the holder part, and electrical connections that connect the first conductor segments to the second conductor segments and/or connect the first conductor segments to one another.