US 12,339,342 B2
Magnetic resonance system and corresponding method
Stefan Popescu, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,664.
Claims priority of application No. 22177656 (EP), filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393224 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/383 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/56341 (2013.01) [G01R 33/34084 (2013.01); G01R 33/383 (2013.01); G01R 33/385 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic resonance system configured to acquire magnetic resonance data of an object in a field-of-view, wherein the magnetic resonance system comprises:
a magnet, that is configured such that it creates a gradient field, which is a static magnetic field having a gradient in its field strength at the field-of-view;
a unit of one or several radio frequency (RF) coils, wherein the unit is configured to generate RF pulses, to acquire magnetic resonance data from the object, and to carry a human patient's weight, the human patient comprising the object, and wherein the unit is suspended from a frame of the magnetic resonance system, and is a seat or is part of a seat which is adapted for the human patient to sit on it during a magnetic resonance examination; and
a controller configured to cause the magnetic resonance system to utilize the magnet's gradient field for diffusion weighted or T2-weighted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements or for spatial encoding of the magnetic resonance data.