Patent ID: 7960972

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging device for selecting sensor elements comprising a sensor selection device with a provider for providing a first characteristic property of a first sensor element within a predetermined scan volume and for providing a second characteristic property of a second sensor element within the predetermined scan volume; a means for determining a mutual quantity from the first characteristic property and from the second characteristic property; and a selector for selecting or for excluding the first sensor element or the second sensor element based on the mutual quantity the first characteristic property being a sensitivity profile or an integrated sensitivity profile of the first sensor element within the predetermined scan volume, the second characteristic property being a sensitivity profile or an integrated sensitivity profile of the second sensor element within the predetermined scan volume, the mutual quantity indicating a level of independency between the first characteristic property and the second characteristic property, and wherein the means for determining the mutual quantity is configured to determine an inner product the first characteristic property and the second characteristic property in order to obtain the mutual quantity.