Patent ID: 9072497
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for an image acquisition with a magnetic resonance data acquisition device comprising a display unit, said method comprising: from a control unit, operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition device, prior to operating said magnetic resonance acquisition device to acquire diagnostic magnetic resonance image data of a slice of an examination subject that is relevant for a medical or diagnostic question, to interact with the examination subject to acquire at least one image data set representing an overview scan of the examination subject in the magnetic resonance device; supplying said at least one image data set to a computerized processor and, in said processor, reconstructing said overview scan from said at least one image data set and causing said overview scan to be visually displayed at said display unit; using the displayed overview scan to identify information describing a slice geometry of said slice in a region of the subject that is relevant for said medical or diagnostic question, and providing said information to said processor; from said processor, causing a graphical representation of said information to be displayed as at least one preview image that shows said information in relation to the displayed overview scan, along at least one slice plane of said slice; from the displayed graphical representation of said information in relation to the displayed overview scan, selecting at least one selected designation, from the group consisting of said at least one slice plane and a slice geometry of said at least one slice plane, for operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition device to acquire image data to answer said medical or diagnostic question; making said selected designation available to said processor and, in said processor, automatically calculating a new slice geometry from said selected designation and, from said processor, causing at least one further preview image to displayed that shows said new geometry in relation to said overview scan; via said processor, allowing a user to accept or modify said new slice geometry in order to produce a final geometry, and providing said final geometry from said processor to said control unit; and providing said at least one parameter to said control unit and, from said control unit, operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition device according to said at least one parameter to again interact with said examination subject to acquire said image data from the examination subject for answering said medical or diagnostic question.