Patent ID: 8917093

Claim:
A local coil for magnetic resonance applications, the local coil comprising: a receiving antenna operable to receive an analog magnetic resonance signal excited in an examination subject by an excitation signal; an analog-to-digital converter that is supplied with the received analog magnetic resonance signal by the receiving antenna, the analog-to-digital converter being operable to convert the analog magnetic resonance signal into a digital magnetic resonance signal; a first transmission system that is supplied with the digital magnetic resonance signal by the analog-to-digital converter, the first transmission system being operable to transmit the digital magnetic resonance signal via a transmitting antenna at a first data rate into an environment of the local coil; and a second transmission system that is different from the first transmission system, the second transmission system being operable to transmit data into the environment of the local coil at a second data rate, the second data rate being lower than the first data rate.