Patent ID: 8064981

Claim:
A device for superposed magnetic resonance tomography and positron emission tomography imaging comprising: a magnetic resonance tomography magnet, which defines a longitudinal axis (z); a magnetic resonance tomography gradient coil, arranged radially within the magnetic resonance tomography magnet; a magnetic resonance tomography RF coil, arranged radially within the magnetic resonance tomography gradient coil; a multiplicity of positron emission tomography detection units, arranged in pairs lying opposite to one another about the longitudinal axis, the multiplicity of positron emission tomography detection units being arranged radially within the magnetic resonance tomography gradient coil and the multiplicity of positron emission tomography detection units being arranged along the longitudinal axis next to the magnetic resonance tomography RF coil, wherein in the direction of the longitudinal axis the multiplicity of positron emission tomography detection units and the magnetic resonance tomography RF coil are arranged side by side.