Patent ID: 6879160

Claim:
A magnetic resonance scanner comprising: a repositionable magnetic field assembly, generating a static magnetic field having a homogeneous region at a known location relative to the repositionable magnetic field assembly, creating a precession of a nuclei of a target sample of a subject within the homogeneous region, obtaining a magnetic resonance signal of the target sample within the homogeneous region, and generating a spatially distinct magnetic field; a spatial magnetic field sensor, separate from the repositionable magnetic field assembly, attached to the subject, providing a spatial sensor signal, representative of the generated spatially distinct magnetic field that is dependent upon the position and orientation of the target sample of the subject; and a processor receiving a magnetic resonance signal from the repositionable magnetic field assembly, receiving a spatial sensor signal from the spatial magnetic field sensor, and producing a magnetic resonance output for each position of the repositionable magnetic field assembly, by combining the magnetic resonance signal and the spatial sensor signal.