Patent ID: 7312610

Claim:
A method for acquiring magnetic resonance data from an examination region using a magnetic resonance apparatus, the examination region being larger than an inherently maximum data acquisition region from which the magnetic resonance apparatus is structurally and operationally capable of acquiring magnetic resonance data, comprising the steps of: generating a planning data set and establishing said examination region using said planning data set; in a computer of said magnetic resonance apparatus, automatically separating the examination region into a plurality of acquisition regions having respective dimensions with said inherently maximum acquisition region of said magnetic resonance apparatus being an upper limit for said dimensions; creating a measurement protocol comprising a first group of measurement protocol parameters that are applicable for all of said acquisition regions, and at least one second group of measurement protocols that are applicable specifically for one of said acquisition regions; automatically positioning said acquisition regions in series within said inherently maximum acquisition region using said measurement protocol, and acquiring a magnetic resonance data set from each of said acquisition regions; combining said magnetic resonance data sets into an overall magnetic resonance data set of said examination region using said computer and said first and second groups of measurement parameters of said measurement protocol said overall data set comprising data representing said examination region that is larger than said inherently maximum data acquisition region; and making said overall data set available for processing into an image of said examination region.