Patent ID: 11946990
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 12:
13. A method for operating the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system of claim 1, wherein,
at least one of the transmitting coil or transmitting/receiving coil of MRI electronics of the MRI system transmits a radio frequency, RF, signal to a patient;
an overheating detection unit of the MRI system checks at least one of potential overheating of the patient's tissue or a part of the MRI system caused by at least one part of the MRI electronics occurs; and
if the overheating detection unit detects significant overheating of the at least one of the patient's tissue and/or the part of the MRI system, the overheating detection unit activates an inflation unit of a distance unit of the MRI system that fills a gas chamber of the distance unit that is arranged between the patient and the part of the MRI electronics and/or between the part of the MRI system and the part of the MRI electronics with gas such that the distance between the patient and the part of the MRI electronics and/or between the part of the MRI system and the part of the MRI electronics increases.