ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,740, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Method for operating a magnetic resonance apparatus, magnetic resonance apparatus, and computer program product" was invented by Flavio Carinci (Wurzburg, Germany) and Dominik Paul (Bubenreuth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a magnetic resonance apparatus, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. According to the method, an initial MR scan protocol is provided. At least one boundary condition, such as a performance-limiting boundary condition, that is dependent on the patient and/or...