MR device with distribution network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10162024-B2
Application number	US-201615019567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2016
Priority date	Feb 17, 2015
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

An MR device has at least one distribution network for distributing an electrical input signal (to a number of feeding points of an MR antenna. The distribution network has at least one first signal output and one second signal output connected to a node, a first phase-shifting element disposed between the node and the first signal output, and a second phase-shifting element disposed between the node and the second signal output. The first phase-shifting element and the second phase-shifting element create a different phase shift, and the first phase-shifting element and the second phase-shifting element are embodied as electrical lines of different length. The distribution network is applicable, for example, to feeding signals to a body coil of the MR device, especially a so-called birdcage antenna.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A magnetic resonance (MR) device comprising:
an MR antenna with a number of feeding points; and
at least one distribution network for distributing an electrical input signal to the number of the feeding points of the MR antenna, which distribution network has at least
one first signal output and one second signal output, which are connected to a node,
a first phase-shifting element disposed between the node and the first signal output, and
a second phase-shifting element disposed between the node and the second signal output,

wherein
the first phase-shifting element and the second phase-shifting element create a different phase shift; and
the first phase-shifting element and the second phase-shifting element comprise electrical lines of different length.

2. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the node is connected directly to a signal input of the distribution network.

3. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , in which the node is connected via a third phase-shifting element in the form of an electrical line to a signal input of the distribution network.

4. The MR device as claimed in claim 3 , in which the third phase-shifting element creates a phase shift in opposition to the first phase-shifting element or to the second phase-shifting element.

5. The MR device as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising at least one further phase-shifting element in the form of an electrical line disposed in series with the first phase-shifting element or with the second phase-shifting element between the node and the first signal output and/or between the node and the second signal output.

6. The MR device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising at least one further phase-shifting element configured to create the phase shift in opposition to the first phase-shifting element or second phase-shifting element connected in series thereto.

7. The MR device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first phase-shifting element and the second phase-shifting element create a phase shift in opposition to one another.

8. The MR device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the different phase shift differing by 180° in relation to the second signal output is created by the distribution network at the first signal output.

9. The MR device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an input impedance of the distribution network corresponds to a load impedance.

10. The MR device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an amount of an input voltage corresponds to an amount of an output voltage.

11. The MR device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first phase-shifting element or the second phase-shifting element causes the different phase shift corresponding to 0°.

12. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one further phase-shifting element in the form of an electrical line disposed in series with the first phase-shifting element or with the second phase-shifting element between the node and the first signal output and/or between the node and the second signal output.

13. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one further phase-shifting element configured to create the phase shift in opposition to the first phase-shifting element or second phase-shifting element connected in series thereto.

14. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first phase-shifting element and the second phase-shifting element create the phase shift in opposition to one another.

15. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the different phase shift differing by 180° in relation to the second signal output is created by the distribution network at the first signal output.

16. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first phase-shifting element or the second phase-shifting element causes the different phase shift corresponding to 0°.

17. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an input impedance of the distribution network corresponds to a load impedance.

18. The MR device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an amount of an input voltage corresponds to an amount of an output voltage.

Assignees

• Eberler Ludwig
• Nistler Juergen
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Eberler Ludwig
• Nistler Jürgen

Classifications

• G01R33/3678

  involving quadrature drive or detection, e.g. a circularly polarized RF magnetic field · CPC title

• G01R33/34076 Primary

  Birdcage coils · CPC title

• G01R33/36 Primary

  Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver · CPC title

• G01R33/32

  Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals · CPC title

• G01R33/5659

  caused by a distortion of the RF magnetic field, e.g. spatial inhomogeneities of the RF magnetic field (G01R33/56509, G01R33/56518, G01R33/56536 take precedence) · CPC title