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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Ludwig Eberler, Postbauer-Heng, DE;
Razvan Lazar, Erlangen, DE;
Jürgen Nistler, Erlangen, DE;
Wolfgang Renz, Erlangen, DE;
Norbert Rietsch, Dormitz, DE;
Ludwig Eberler, Postbauer-Heng, DE;
Razvan Lazar, Erlangen, DE;
Jürgen Nistler, Erlangen, DE;
Wolfgang Renz, Erlangen, DE;
Norbert Rietsch, Dormitz, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A detection unit is disclosed for arrangement in the main magnet of an MR device, which has both an RF transceiver system and a PET detector. In at least one embodiment the RF transceiver system is divided into two parts and the two parts are arranged upstream and downstream of the PET detector in the longitudinal direction of the patient tunnel. The RF transceiver system and PET detector are applied to the same image volume. In at least one other embodiment, an MR device is equipped with the detection unit, and in at least one other embodiment, a method operates the detection unit.