Mri system comprising a scan room interface for a/d-conversion of mr signals between a receiver coil unit and a remote signal processing unit

Abstract

The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging system, to a magnetic resonance imaging method for operating a magnetic resonance imaging system and to a computer program for operating a magnetic resonance imaging system. In order to considerably reduce the number of cabling in a magnetic resonance imaging system a magnetic resonance imaging system () is suggested, the system comprising: an examination zone () arranged to receive a body for examination; magnetic field generating means () for generating a magnetic field in the examination zone (); a receiving unit () located in the examination zone () or in the vicinity of the examination zone (); an interface unit () located in the examination zone () or in the vicinity of the examination zone (), and arranged separately from the receiving unit (); and a signal processing unit () disposed at a location () remote from the receiving unit () and the interface unit (); wherein the receiving unit () comprising a receiver () adapted to receive a spin resonance signal generated in the examination zone (), and a transmitter () adapted to transmit the spin resonance signal to the interface unit (); and wherein the interface unit () comprises a receiver () for receiving the spin resonance signals, an analog to digital converter () adapted to generate a digital signal in response to the received spin resonance signal, and a transmitter () for transmitting the digitized signal to the signal processing unit ().