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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Sebastian Martius, Forchheim, DE;
Markus Vester, Nürnberg, DE;
Sebastian Martius, Forchheim, DE;
Markus Vester, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus includes a receiving device having a number of magnetic resonance receive antennas for receiving a magnetic resonance signal in response to a radio frequency signal transmitted at a magnetic resonance frequency. A respective magnetic resonance receive antenna is connected to a parametric mixer. A receive circuit formed hereby is provided inside the cryostat and is coupled via a contactless communication interface to an evaluation circuit provided outside the cryostat. The evaluation circuit includes a local oscillator device for generating an auxiliary signal at an auxiliary frequency. The auxiliary signal is transmitted via the contactless communication interface to the receive circuit. The receive circuit is configured such that a mixed signal having a mixed frequency is generated via the parametric mixer from the auxiliary signal and the magnetic resonance signal and transmitted via the contactless communication interface to the evaluation circuit.