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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Applicants:
James Frank Caruba, Bartlett, IL (US);
Ralf Ladebeck, Erlangen, DE;
Elmar Rummert, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
James Frank Caruba, Bartlett, IL (US);
Ralf Ladebeck, Erlangen, DE;
Elmar Rummert, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system reduces likelihood of artifact distortion in PET images attributable to MR local coil cables and connectors in the patient table. MR local coil cables coupling the MR scanner and the MR local coil connectors are oriented so that they are outside the scanner field of view when performing PET scans.