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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matthias Drobnitzky, Spardorf, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Münich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ;
Abstract
An MR scanner with a setting mechanism for patient-dependent control of the radio-frequency fields and magnetic fields for adhering to individual SAR and dB/dt limits, has an optical measuring device containing a distance sensor for determining the surface of a patient and for determining a setting signal for the setting mechanism.