Patent ID: 7480527

Claim:
A method for operating a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus to obtain MR image data, comprising the steps of: emitting a trueFISP MR data acquisition sequence and in said trueFISP MR data acquisition sequence, from a radio frequency resonator, emitting a plurality of only non-selective, rectangular radio frequency excitation pulses into an examination subject that excite nuclear spins in the examination subject; between successive ones of said radio frequency excitation pulses, emitting a phase encoding magnetic gradient from a gradient coil system in a first direction to encode said examination subject; also between said successive ones of said radio frequency excitation pulses, emitting a readout magnetic gradient from said gradient coil system in a second direction and, durinq said readout magnetic gradient, acquiring MR signals produced by said nuclear spins; and also between said successive ones of said radio frequency excitation pulses, emitting a refocusing magnetic gradient from said gradient coil system in each of said first and second directions to refocus transverse magnetization in the examination subject in said first and second directions.