Patent ID: 8379946

Claim:
A method to operate a magnetic resonance system to acquire magnetic resonance image data of an examination subject, said magnetic resonance system comprising a plurality of subsystems and a control device that operates the subsystems, said method comprising the steps of: prior to operating the subsystems from the control device to acquire diagnostic magnetic resonance data from the examination subject, operating at least one of the subsystems from the control device to implement an adjustment of said at least one of said subsystems for the subsequent diagnostic data acquisition; in the adjustment of said at least one of subsystems, making use of an adjustment volume in said control device that is associated with the adjustment, said adjustment volume comprising at least a region of a body containing the examination subject; through the control device, establishing markings within image data of the examination subject, said markings characterizing at least of a position and orientation of the examination subject, and a dimension of the examination subject; and based on said markings, automatically determining, in said control device, a spatial occupation and extent of said adjustment volume to implement the adjustment of said at least one of said subsystems.