Patent ID: 7480526
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining magnetic resonance data from a large examination volume, comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of examination segments of a patient, from which MR spectroscopic data are to be acquired with respect to an examination volume of an MR data acquisition unit; using a positioning device on which the patient is disposed, positioning the patient relative to said measurement volume of said MR data acquisition unit so that a first of said examination segments is situated in said measurement volume; with a detection device, detecting a signal representing a cyclical physiological event in said patient, said cyclical physiological event comprising cyclically occurring acquisition states, in which an acquisition of said MR data is possible, and wait states, in which an acquisition of said MR data is not possible; and controlling said positioning device using said signal so that after said MR data are acquired from a first of said plurality of examination segments, said positioning device with the patient thereon is moved, during one of said wait states, to situate a next examination segment in said plurality of examination segments in said measurement volume of said MR data acquisition unit.