Patent ID: 11881300
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for generating an image of an examination object, the method comprising:
controlling, via gradient control circuitry to generate the image of the examination object, magnetic field gradient circuitry to set a component property to have a value in a first value range established by a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system,
wherein a corresponding magnetic field gradient circuitry of a further MR imaging system has a corresponding component property with a second value range established by the further MR imaging system;
activating, via the gradient control circuitry, a compatibility mode in which the gradient control circuitry executes a scan protocol to generate the image of the examination object to only allow values to be set for the component property of the magnetic field gradient circuitry that lie within an overlap range that represents values of the first value range and the second value range that overlap with one another,
wherein the component property of the magnetic field gradient circuitry includes values associated with a gradient field strength and a gradient rate of rise of the magnetic field gradients generated by the imaging system via the magnetic field gradient circuitry, and
wherein the gradient control circuitry and the further magnetic field gradient circuitry of the MR system and the further MR system, respectively, execute the same scan protocol when operating in respective compatibility modes such that the image of the examination object generated via the MR imaging system has the same image appearance as a further image of the examination object generated via the further MR imaging system, and
wherein the scan protocol that is executed in accordance with the compatibility mode via the MR system and the further MR system defines a gradient amplitude, a plateau time, a ramp time, and a fall time for an excitation pulse and a corresponding re-phasing pulse.