Patent ID: 6317619
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images by an MR apparatus comprising:positioning a moveable radio-frequency (RF) coil holder in proximity to an object to be examined,positioning the object so that a part of the object in proximity to the RF coil holder is positioned in a homogeneity volume of a main magnetic field of the MR apparatus;determining a current 3D position and a current 3D orientation of the moveable RF coil holder,determining magnetic field gradient pulses and RF pulses for exciting nuclear magnetization in a region of interest with a 3D position and a 3D orientation located relative to the current 3D position and the current 3D orientation of the moveable RF coil holder,applying the determined magnetic field gradient pulses and RF pulses in order to excite nuclear magnetization in the determined region of interest,receiving RF imaging signals that are generated by the excited nuclear magnetization by an RF coil in the moveable RF coil holder, andreconstructing an MR image of the region of interest from the received RF imaging signals.