Patent ID: 7298143

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging method comprising: applying a static main magnetic field with a main field strength; applying an acquisition sequence with an RF-excitation which generates an echo train of successive magnetic resonance signals from an object to be examined, the acquisition sequence including a diffusion sensitization subsequence; receiving the magnetic resonance signals with a degree of undersampling by means of a receiver antennae system having a spatial sensitivity profile, the degree of undersampling is set on the basis of an amount of phase evolution due to a magnetic susceptibility distribution of the object to be examined; reconstructing a magnetic resonance image from the magnetic resonance signals and the spatial sensitivity profile; repeatedly applying the excitation sequence, receiving the magnetic resonance signals and reconstructing the magnetic resonance image to produce a series of magnetic resonance images; matching said magnetic resonance images and determining mutual matches between said magnetic resonance images; selecting a number of the magnetic resonance images from the series on the basis of the mutual matches; averaging over said selected number magnetic resonance images.