Patent ID: 8749233

Claim:
A method for combining magnetic resonance (MR) signals, comprising: providing a computerized processor with at least two MR input signals that are based on MR acquired signals respectively acquired with at least two different acquisition coils of a magnetic resonance imaging system, said at least two MR input signals being selected from the group consisting of respective, individual acquired MR signals and a combination of individual acquired MR signals, said at least two different acquisition coils being located in said magnetic resonance system at respectively different spatial locations, thereby giving said at least two MR input signals respectively different sensitivity profiles; and providing said computerized processor with a designation of unwanted MR signal portions and, in said computerized processor, automatically suppressing said unwanted MR signal portions by combining said at least two MR input signals with respective weightings that are lower for any of said at least two MR input signals that is based on MR acquired signals acquired with an acquisition coil, among said at least two different acquisition coils, with which said unwanted signal portions were acquired with a higher sensitivity in comparison to MR acquired signals respectively acquired by other coils among said at least two different acquisition coils, in order to generate a combined MR signal, and making said combined MR signal available in electronic form at an output of said computerized processor.