Patent ID: 7924007
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically selecting at least one coil device grouping for use in a magnetic resonance data acquisition sequence executed in a magnetic resonance apparatus comprising a plurality of coil devices operable in at least one of a magnetic resonance excitation mode and a magnetic resonance signal reception mode, and a support device configured to support a subject to be exposed to the magnetic resonance data acquisition sequence, said method comprising the steps of: during execution of said magnetic resonance data acquisition sequence, moving said support device and the subject thereon continuously through a plurality of positions in said magnetic resonance apparatus; for each coil device in said plurality of coil devices, associating a coil position of that coil device for each of the plurality of positions of said support device; automatically electronically determining a plurality of coil groups so that each coil group includes a selected coil device from among said plurality of coil devices and, in any two of said coil groups that are respectively associated with two adjacent regions of said support device, including at least a same one of said coil devices, as said selected coil device to be present within each of said two coil groups and automatically electronically identifying a selected one of said coil groups from among said plurality of coil groups that is comprised of coil devices associated with respective positions of said support device that makes said selected one of said coil groups suitable for use during said magnetic resonance data acquisition sequence when said support device is at positions respectively associated with the coil devices in said selected one of said coil groups; and activating said selected one of said coil groups in order to acquire magnetic resonance data from all coil devices in said selected one of said coil groups in order to avoid data acquisition discontinuities when said support device is at said positions respectively associated with the plurality of coil devices in said selected one of said coil groups in order to avoid data acquisition discontinuities.