Patent ID: 8362775
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance system configured for generating a magnetic resonance exposure of an examination subject, said system comprising: a magnetic resonance scanner having an examination tunnel therein configured to receive an examination subject therein; a whole-body antenna built into said scanner housing, said whole-body antenna comprising: a longitudinal axis of said tunnel and said whole-body antenna; a radio-frequency supply device that supplies radio-frequency signals to said whole-body antenna that cause said whole-body antenna to emit a radio-frequency field in said tunnel, said radio-frequency supply device comprising: said whole-body antenna having an intrinsic transmission characteristic that causes the radio-frequency field to be elliptically polarized in plane that is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis to and have a major ellipse axis that is tilted by a non-zero angle relative to the horizontal, at least in an unloaded state of said examination tunnel with no examination subject present therein.