Patent ID: 7474912

Claim:
A method for generating magnetic resonance localizer slice images of an examination volume of a subject in a magnetic resonance system for examination planning, said localizer slice images respectively being in three orthogonal planes, comprising the steps of: acquiring a 3D volume image data set of an entire examination region of a subject in a magnetic resonance scanner, as a family of individual, plane-parallel slice images in a first designated plane orientation from among said three planes; generating a two-dimensional representation of said entire examination volume, selected from the group consisting of a coronal representation and a sagittal representation, in said first designated plane orientation using said slice family, and displaying said two dimensional representation on a monitor; selecting a selected examination region in said entire examination volume from said two dimensional representation displayed at said monitor, and representing said selected examination region as a first of said localizer slice images in said first designated plane orientation on said monitor; and automatically electronically determining a second and a third of said localizer slice images respectively in two remaining planes of said three planes, using said 3D volume image data of the selected examination region, and representing said second and third of said localizer slice images on said monitor.