Patent ID: 8744154

Claim:
A method for acquiring image data from a patient with a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising the steps of: a) predefining a scan geometry for acquiring the image data from at least one region of interest relative to the patient, b) storing a plurality of scans to be performed in a memory of a controller of a magnetic resonance scanner, the scans to be performed of the region of interest using the defined scan geometry, each scan including a plurality of frames, c) with the controller, controlling the magnetic resonance scanner to perform each of the scans stored in the memory using the defined scan geometry and including: 1) for each scan after a first one, sequentially acquiring resonance data for each frame, 2) reconstructing the resonance data for a Nth frame into a Nth frame image, where N is a positive integer, 3) registering the Nth frame image with a reference frame image to determine a geometry defined transformation matrix, the reference frame image determined from the plurality of scans and being indicative of a dedicated position detection of the scan geometry, 4) correcting the defined scan geometry with the transform matrix when a deviation as measured by the transform matrix exceeds a predetermined threshold, 5) repeating steps c1-c4 for a plurality of subsequent frames.