Patent ID: 8324896
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method to generate transmission signals that cause a radio frequency (RF) radiator to excite nuclear spins in a subject in a magnetic resonance tomography system, comprising the steps of: supplying respective transmission data to respective transmission units via respective data inputs of the respective transmission units; at each transmission unit, upon receipt of the transmission data, storing the received transmission data in a memory element at the transmission unit that received the transmission data, each transmission unit also comprising a transmission signal generator having access to the memory element at that transmission unit; synchronously initiating generation of respective transmission signals by the respective transmission signal generators by synchronously causing the respective signal transmission generators to retrieve the transmission data stored in the memory element accessible by that transmission signal generator and to generate the respective transmission signals from the respective retrieved transmission data; and making said respective transmission signals available at respective outputs of said transmission units in a form that cause radiation of RF energy.