Abstract: A cleaning unit for cleaning a housing of a medical imaging apparatus surrounding a patient receiving area, including at least one cleaning element, wherein the at least one cleaning element has an annular carrier structure, and a diameter of the cleaning element comprises at least one value of a diameter of the housing surrounding the patient receiving area.

Abstract: At least one example embodiment provides a communication system for a medical imaging system. The system includes a data interface configured to receive event-data from the medical imaging system; a control unit configured to provide a light pattern from a number of light patterns based on the event-data, wherein for different types of event-data different types of light patterns are provided; and an illumination unit comprising a linear arrangement of multiple light sources, the control unit being configured to control the multiple light sources to emit a changing light pattern from the number of light patterns.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a magnetic resonance apparatus with a scanner unit, a patient receiving area at least partially surrounded by the scanner unit, wherein the scanner unit includes an enclosure at least partially surrounding the patient receiving area, and a patient support apparatus with a patient table, wherein the patient table is embodied to move horizontally within the patient receiving area, wherein the magnetic resonance apparatus comprises a cleaning unit for cleaning the enclosure surrounding the patient receiving area, wherein the cleaning unit is at least partially arranged on the patient table.

Abstract: Method for the operation of a cleaning system of a medical imaging facility, wherein the imaging facility has an outer useful surface exposed to contaminating effects of patients and/or operators. During a utilization phase for an examination procedure of a patient, sensor data of a sensor arrangement detecting at least a portion of the useful surface is acquired and by evaluation of the sensor data, a surface map having potentially contaminated regions of the useful surface is determined. During a cleaning phase following the utilization phase, cleaning information of the potentially contaminated regions are output to a cleaner and/or used for actuation of at least one cleaning apparatus of the imaging facility for targeted cleaning of the potentially contaminated regions.