Patent ID: 7078899

Claim:
A magnetic resonance data acquisition method, comprising: designating a set of MRI data acquisition parameters, wherein at least one of said designated parameters is variable such that multiple solution values to the set of parameters are possible; designating at least two objective measures where each objective measure is representative of a quality of magnetic resonance data to be acquired, and wherein values of said objective measures are determined, at least in part, by one or more of said multiple solution values of said designated set of MRI data acquisition parameters; applying a multi-objective optimization algorithm to said designated set of MRI data acquisition parameters in order to cause said designated set of MRI data acquisition parameters to optimize to at least one single solution set of values for said set of parameters, from a plurality of possible solution set values, such that said single solution set of values is Pareto-optimal with respect to all said designated objective measures; and acquiring magnetic resonance data by configuring a magnetic resonance data acquisition apparatus to acquire the magnetic resonance data, based on, at least in part, said Pareto-optimal single solution set of values for said set of designated MRI data acquisition parameters.