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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Dirk Sinnema, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Ernst Willy Vrijheid, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Sinnema, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Ernst Willy Vrijheid, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a medical MRI apparatus, it is often desirable to have devicesfor communicating with or monitoring the patientin the imaging volumeof the apparatus. Such devices need DC power or low-frequency connections with an areaoutside the imaging volume. A device cable that does not interfere with the MRI magnetic fields is known per se. The invention proposes to fix the device cable in a groovein the patient carrierin such a manner that its strip-shaped conductorsextend parallel to the field lines of the stationary field B of the apparatus. In this way, it is also possible to clip device carriersto the groove, thus supplying the devices with DC power or establishing an audio connection through the device cable in the groove.