Abstract: In a method for operating a magnetic resonance device, change information, which describes newly available and/or modified operating options compared with the previous version of user interface software means for at least one of the at least one user interfaces, is received and/or is determined from received update information; and the output means of an operator device is controlled according to the change information to display in a highlighted manner the newly available and/or modified operating options at least when the user interface and/or a further user interface, which is assigned on the basis of the change information, is invoked for the first time.

Abstract: A method is for automatic interaction with a patient during a magnetic resonance examination with a magnetic resonance apparatus. In an embodiment, the method includes detecting an acoustic utterance of the patient; processing the acoustic utterance of the patient via a speech processor, the processing of the acoustic utterance including at least determining the communication as a function of the acoustic utterance and checking the communication for a correlation with a parameter of the magnetic resonance examination; determining the output as a function of the communication of the patient and the parameter of the magnetic resonance examination and providing the output. A magnetic resonance apparatus of an embodiment includes at least a processor to carry out an embodiment of the method. The method can further be stored on a computer program product or medium for execution by a processor.

Abstract: In a method for operating a magnetic resonance device, change information, which describes newly available and/or modified operating options compared with the previous version of user interface software means for at least one of the at least one user interfaces, is received and/or is determined from received update information; and the output means of an operator device is controlled according to the change information to display in a highlighted manner the newly available and/or modified operating options at least when the user interface and/or a further user interface, which is assigned on the basis of the change information, is invoked for the first time.

Abstract: A method is for automatic interaction with a patient during a magnetic resonance examination with a magnetic resonance apparatus. In an embodiment, the method includes detecting an acoustic utterance of the patient; processing the acoustic utterance of the patient via a speech processor, the processing of the acoustic utterance including at least determining the communication as a function of the acoustic utterance and checking the communication for a correlation with a parameter of the magnetic resonance examination; determining the output as a function of the communication of the patient and the parameter of the magnetic resonance examination and providing the output. A magnetic resonance apparatus of an embodiment includes at least a processor to carry out an embodiment of the method. The method can further be stored on a computer program product or medium for execution by a processor.

Abstract: In a control method for a screen display of a medical imaging system, an image data set of a patient is acquired and a comparison of the acquired image data set is made with a number of pre-stored image data sets, each of which is stored with layout parameters for the screen display associated therewith. Display of the acquired image data set take place with the layout parameters of the pre-stored image data set that has the greatest similarity with the acquired image data set.

Abstract: A method is provided to prevent a permissible specific absorption rate being exceeded during a magnetic resonance examination and to an evaluation unit. The method includes a first provisioning unit providing a permissible SAR to an evaluation unit. A second provisioning unit, which may be identical to the first provisioning unit, provides a scan protocol for the magnetic resonance examination to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit checks the scan protocol for the permissible SAR. If this check reveals that the permissible SAR is not adhered to, the scan protocol is modified. In this case, the modification of the scan protocol entails the amendment of at least one scan parameter of the scan protocol. The amendment of the at least one scan parameter is performed in dependence on at least one preference parameter.

Abstract: In a medical imaging apparatus and a method for the operation thereof, on at least one processed image, an evaluation field to evaluate the image quality of the at least one image is displayed.

Abstract: A method is provided for recording, with a magnetic resonance device, magnetic resonance data of a target region of a patient moved by their breathing. An optical camera arranged in a bore of the magnetic resonance device directed onto the patient is used. Image data of the patient recorded by the camera before and/or during the recording of the magnetic resonance data is evaluated to form breathing information describing the breathing state and the breathing information is used for triggering and/or movement correction and/or assessment of a process in which a patient holds their breath.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and operating method, an MR scan is designated in a processor by acquiring values of parameters of imaging sequences of the MR scan. The MR scan and properties of the MR scan are stored so as to be allocated to an MR scan template. The acquisition of an MR scan and the storing of an MR scan template are carried out several times. In the processor, one of the MR scan templates is determined by detecting properties of an MR scan to be performed and determining the MR scan template as a function of the properties. Imaging sequences of the determined MR scan template are then implemented in order to acquire MR data.

Abstract: In a method for using a medical instrument, in particular a medical imaging device, the medical instrument is selectively operable in a first mode giving access to the medical instrument and in a second mode giving limited access, in particular refusing access, to the medical instrument. When access to the medical instrument is requested, by using a human-machine-interface of the medical instrument, i.e. in an attended mode, the medical instrument is transferred into the first mode or into the second mode in response to the request. The medical instrument is also transferred into the first mode by using a second human-machine interface at a remote site, when the first human-machine-interface of the medical instrument is inactive for a defined period of time, in particular after requesting the access, i.e. in an unattended mode.

Abstract: In a control method for a screen display of a medical imaging system, an image data set of a patient is acquired and a comparison of the acquired image data set is made with a number of pre-stored image data sets, each of which is stored with layout parameters for the screen display associated therewith. Display of the acquired image data set take place with the layout parameters of the pre-stored image data set that has the greatest similarity with the acquired image data set.

Abstract: In a method and medical imaging apparatus for detecting abnormalities in medical image data of a region of the patient that is outside of a region to be examined of the patient, medical image data that depict a region of the patient that is outside of the region to be examined of the patient are provided in a computer, wherein the region to be examined of the patient has already been selected on the basis of preliminary examination data. The computer automatically evaluates the medical image data for the region that is outside of the region to be examined of the patient, and generates abnormality information of the medical image data for the region that is outside of the region to be examined of the patient. The abnormality information is visually presented.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for setting and/or adjusting a parameter value of at least one parameter of a magnetic resonance protocol for at least one magnetic resonance sequence, a manual entry that selects the magnetic resonance protocol is made into a computer, and a further entry is made that provides boundary conditions for setting and/or adjusting the parameter value of the at least one parameter of the magnetic resonance protocol. The computer provides setting criteria from previous settings and/or adjustments of the parameter value of the at least one parameter of the magnetic resonance protocol. The computer sets and/or adjusts the parameter value of the at least one parameter of the magnetic resonance protocol on the basis of the provided boundary conditions and on the basis of the provided setting criteria.

Abstract: In a method for supporting a monitoring of a magnetic resonance examination on a patient using a magnetic resonance apparatus, the magnetic resonance examination of the patient is started and a monitoring processor determines current examination information of the ongoing magnetic resonance examination. The current examination information are compared with predefined values in the monitoring processor, and a warning is generated if there is a variation between the current examination information and the predefined values. The warning is presented at a display in communication with the monitoring processor.

Abstract: In a medical imaging apparatus and a method for the operation thereof, on at least one processed image, an evaluation field to evaluate the image quality of the at least one image is displayed.

Abstract: In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and operating method, an MR scan is designated in a processor by acquiring values of parameters of imaging sequences of the MR scan. The MR scan and properties of the MR scan are stored so as to be allocated to an MR scan template. The acquisition of an MR scan and the storing of an MR scan template are carried out several times. In the processor, one of the MR scan templates is determined by detecting properties of an MR scan to be performed and determining the MR scan template as a function of the properties. Imaging sequences of the determined MR scan template are then implemented in order to acquire MR data.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method to prevent a permissible specific absorption rate being exceeded during a magnetic resonance examination and to an evaluation unit, a magnetic resonance device, and a computer program product. The method includes a first provisioning unit providing a permissible SAR to an evaluation unit. A second provisioning unit, which may be identical to the first provisioning unit, provides a scan protocol for the magnetic resonance examination to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit checks the scan protocol for the permissible SAR. If this check reveals that the permissible SAR is not adhered to, the scan protocol is modified. In this case, the modification of the scan protocol entails the amendment of at least one scan parameter of the scan protocol. The amendment of the at least one scan parameter is performed in dependence on at least one preference parameter.

Abstract: A method is provided for recording, with a magnetic resonance device, magnetic resonance data of a target region of a patient moved by their breathing. An optical camera arranged in a bore of the magnetic resonance device directed onto the patient is used. Image data of the patient recorded by the camera before and/or during the recording of the magnetic resonance data is evaluated to form breathing information describing the breathing state and the breathing information is used for triggering and/or movement correction and/or assessment of a process in which a patient holds their breath.

Abstract: A method for optimizing an examination implemented by a medical imaging apparatus includes selection of at least one information protocol, that includes at least one information parameter, display of at least one examination protocol, that includes at least one examination parameter from an examination protocol catalog of a server unit in accordance with the selected information protocol, selection of an examination protocol, and transfer of the selected examination protocol from the server to the processor of the medical imaging apparatus.

Abstract: In a method a user interface, and a medical imaging apparatus for processing an image data set, in particular a medical image data set, in order to enable a reproducible protocoling of the processing of an image data set, the following steps are implemented. An image data set is provided to a computer at a first point in time. Presentation parameters and/or evaluation parameters for the image data set are selected and entered into the computer, and a preparation of the image data set takes place using the selected and entered presentation parameters and/or evaluation parameters. The selected presentation parameters and/or evaluation parameters are protocoled in the computer. The image data set and the protocoled presentation parameters and/or evaluation parameters are provided at the same computer or at a different computer at a second point in time that is chronologically after the first point in time.