Patent ID: 7990147
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance apparatus comprising: a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit configured to acquire magnetic resonance data from an examination subject interacting with the magnetic resonance data acquisition unit; a plurality of local coils in said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit that participate in said acquisition of magnetic resonance data by transmitting radio frequency signals into, and/or receiving magnetic resonance signals from, the examination subject; each of said magnetic resonance local coils having a coil coupler element electrically connected thereto and mounted in said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit; a signal processor in said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit remote from said local coils; a plurality of apparatus coupler elements mounted in said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit that are electrically connected to said signal processing unit; a moveable element, on which said local coils are carried, that moves in a movement path in said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit; and said coil coupler elements being disposed on said moveable element, and said apparatus coupler elements being disposed in said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, to cause at least some of said coil coupler elements to successively couple, for signal transmission, at least some of said apparatus coupler elements at least within a segment of said movement path.