Patent ID: 9726470
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01B,G01R

Claim:
1. A method for identifying a position of a local coil of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner relative to a patient couch with at least one label, the method comprising: wirelessly transmitting an identity number by the at least one label, wherein the identity number comprises label position data of the at least one label; reading, by at least one reading unit, the identity number of the at least one label; determining a position of the at least one label relative to the at least one reading unit; determining a position of the patient couch relative to the magnetic resonance imaging scanner; determining the position of the at least one label relative to the patient couch from the position of the at least one label relative to the at least one reading unit and from the position of the patient couch relative to the magnetic resonance; and establishing, with a magnetic resonance imaging system, at least a position of the at least one label relative to the local coil or a local coil arrangement, on which the label is attached, with the identity number of the at least one label read by the at least one reading unit using a database.