Patent ID: 8587309
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image of an examination subject, comprising the steps of: providing an image reconstruction computer with a plurality of coil-specific MR data sets respectively acquired by different coils, among a plurality of reception coils, in a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit; in said computer, automatically determining a plurality of respective coil-specific base phases respectively of the different coils, each coil-specific base phase being respectively associated with one of said coils in said plurality of reception coils; in said computer, reconstructing an MR image of the examination subject that comprises a plurality of pixels each determined from at least two of said coil-specific MR data sets; in said computer, for each pixel, automatically determining multiple coil-specific pixel magnitudes and multiple pixel phases, with each coil-specific pixel magnitude and each coil-specific pixel phase being determined from one of the coil-specific MR data sets used to determine that pixel; in said computer, for each pixel, correcting the multiple coil-specific pixel phases with the coil-specific base phase associated with the respective coil-specific base phase; in said computer, for each pixel, combining the multiple coil-specific pixel magnitudes and the multiple coil-specific pixel phases to form a single pixel magnitude and a single pixel phase for each pixel; and reconstructing said MR image of the examination subject using the respective single pixel magnitudes and the respective single pixel phases of the pixels, and making the reconstructed MR image available as an electronic signal at an output of the computer.