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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
René Kartmann, Nuremberg, DE;
Ralf Ladebeck, Erlangen, DE;
Harald H. Quick, Erlangen, DE;
Stefan Rietsch, Dormitz, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining a position-dependent attenuation map of at least one surface coil of a combined magnetic resonance/PET apparatus. In an embodiment, the method includes acquiring magnetic resonance image data by way of the at least one surface coil during a magnetic resonance/PET examination of a patient; reconstructing the position of the at least one surface coil on the basis of the acquired magnetic resonance image data; and determining the position-dependent attenuation map of the at least one surface coil on the basis of the reconstructed position of the at least one surface coil. A magnetic resonance/PET apparatus and a computer program product, embodied to perform the method, are also disclosed.