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MRI-monitored equipment with built-in MR signal reception coil and signal emitter

  • US 8,060,182 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2007
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magnetic resonance (MR) system comprising:

  • a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus;

    MRI-monitored medical equipment;

    said magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising a control unit that monitors said MRI-monitored medical equipment;

    said MRI-monitored medical equipment comprising an inductive coil fixed in said MRI-monitored medical equipment that detects magnetic resonance signals from a subject and radiates electromagnetic signals corresponding to the detected magnetic resonance signals; and

    said magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising at least one receiving coil positioned externally of said MRI-monitored medical equipment, said at least one receiving coil being connected to said control unit via a cable, and said receiving coil being inductively coupled with said inductive coil and receiving said electromagnetic signals wirelessly radiated by said inductive coil of said MRI-monitored medical equipment and supplying the received electromagnetic signals to the control unit.

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