Abstract: A method of predetermining the time profile of a contrast agent concentration at a vessel position is provided in the context of contrast agent-enhanced MRI of a region of interest only during the initial flooding-in phase of the contrast agent into the vessel situated in the region of interest. The method includes establishing a broadening of a contrast agent bolus profile according to the equation ?W=W2?W1 wherein W1 is a first width of the contrast agent bolus profile at a first vessel position and W2 is a second width of a contrast agent concentration profile at a second vessel position within the region of interest. The broadening is established by determining at least one flow parameter which is dependent on at least one blood flow property of the patient at a third vessel position thereof and which correlates with the broadening of the contrast agent profile.

Abstract: A method of predetermining the time profile of a contrast agent concentration at a vessel position is provided in the context of contrast agent-enhanced MRI of a region of interest only during the initial flooding-in phase of the contrast agent into the vessel situated in the region of interest. The method includes establishing a broadening of a contrast agent bolus profile according to the equation ?W=W2?W1 wherein W1 is a first width of the contrast agent bolus profile at a first vessel position and W2 is a second width of a contrast agent concentration profile at a second vessel position within the region of interest. The broadening is established by determining at least one flow parameter which is dependent on at least one blood flow property of the patient at a third vessel position thereof and which correlates with the broadening of the contrast agent profile.

Abstract: The electronic monitoring circuit for monitoring one of a group of series-connected capacitor units in an intermediate circuit in order to detect short-circuiting of one of the capacitor units includes a device for deriving a reference voltage (14) from an intermediate-circuit voltage (L(+), L(?)) applied across the series-connected capacitor units (1, 2), a device for generating a control signal consisting of a voltage difference between the reference voltage (14) and a junction voltage at a junction (13) between two capacitor unit (1, 2) and a device for generating an error signal when said voltage difference falls below or exceeds an activation threshold voltage thus indicating that one of the capacitor units (1,2) has been short-circuited. The activation threshold voltage corresponds to a breakdown voltage of a zener diode provided in the monitoring circuit.

Abstract: The electronic monitoring circuit for monitoring one of a group of series-connected capacitor units in an intermediate circuit in order to detect short-circuiting of one of the capacitor units includes a device for deriving a reference voltage (14) from an intermediate-circuit voltage (L(+), L(?)) applied across the series-connected capacitor units (1, 2), a device for generating a control signal consisting of a voltage difference between the reference voltage (14) and a junction voltage at a junction (13) between two capacitor units (1, 2) and a device for generating an error signal when said voltage difference falls below or exceeds an activation threshold voltage thus indicating that one of the capacitor units (1,2) has been short-circuited. The activation threshold voltage corresponds to a breakdown voltage of a zener diode provided in the monitoring circuit.