Patent ID: 9055882
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method to generate a magnetic resonance (MR) image that includes a volume of interest in an examination subject, said examination subject comprising an additional excitation volume, which differs at least partially from said volume of interest, comprising: in a processor, automatically analyzing at least one MR overview image of the examination subject to automatically determine a position of at least one anatomical structure in the examination subject; in said processor, automatically determining the volume of interest using the position of the at least one anatomical structure; in the processor, automatically determining said additional excitation volume using the position of the at least one anatomical structure and not said volume of interest; and generating an examination protocol in said processor configured to acquire the MR image that includes the volume of interest, by radio-frequency excitation of nuclear spins in the automatically determined additional excitation volume in order to achieve a desired magnetization of nuclear spins in the volume of interest, and making said protocol available at an output of the processor in an electronic form that causes a magnetic resonance apparatus to be operated according to said protocol.