Patent ID: 6421551
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method for registering images of a subject by magnetic resonance, comprising the steps of:arranging at least one marking at a subject so as to be movable together with said subject; obtaining plurality of a diagnostic tomograms of said subject while said subject is moving, using a magnetic resonance imaging system, said tomograms including a first tomogram in a tomogram plane and at least one successive tomogram; identifying a position of said marking with a marking position acquisition system operated independent of and in parallel with said magnetic resonance imaging system; continuously identifying an orientation of said subject relative to said magnetic resonance imaging system while said subject is moving from the position of said marking obtained with said marking position acquisition system; and re-adjusting said tomogram plane in said magnetic resonance imaging system for said at least one successive tomogram dependent on the position of the marking so that all of said plurality of tomograms are in said tomogram plane.