Method for predicting a
heating effect of an imaging sequence of a second imaging modality on a
detector of a first modality (12) of a combined imaging device (10) as a function of a reference imaging sequence of the second imaging modality, wherein the first modality (12) is designed to acquire
diagnostic data of an object of investigation (15) and the second imaging modality comprises a
magnetic resonance imaging device (11) designed to acquire magnetic
resonance image data of the object of investigation (15), wherein the first modality (12) comprises a temperature compensation unit (59) designed to compensate for a temperature change of the
detector, which comprises the following steps: • Performing (S2) a reference imaging sequence with the second imaging modality, wherein in the reference imaging sequence a gradient
magnetic field and / or a high-frequency
electromagnetic field is applied to the
image acquisition area of the combined imaging device (10) and wherein the reference imaging sequence has several imaging parameters that determine a property of the gradient
magnetic field and / or the high-frequency
electromagnetic field, • Detection (S3) of at least one temperature-
dependent parameter of the
detector of the first modality (12), • Determining (S4) the
heating effect on the detector of the first modality (12) as a function of several imaging parameters of the reference imaging sequence and the at least one temperature-
dependent parameter of the detector, and • Prediction (S7) of the
heating effect of the imaging sequence on the detector using a smart
algorithm, wherein the smart
algorithm is designed to predict the heating effect depending on several imaging parameters of the imaging sequence and data acquired by the reference imaging sequence.