Patent ID: 7906968

Claim:
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging method in which, with the aid of a gradient system ( 1 ), a spatially and temporally variable magnetic field B grad is i generated, for the at least two-dimensional spatial encoding of NMR measurement signals in a measurement sample region to be imaged, where the magnetic field B grad is employed in at least two forms B grad 1 (SEW) and B grad 2 (SEM IC ) in the measurement sample region to be imaged during a single measurement cycle from excitation to reading of the NMR measurement signals, where the first form B grad l (SEW C ) has essentially ns poles, where ns is an even number ≧2, and has ns essentially sectorial sub-regions, in each of which the magnetic field B grad is locally monotonic in one direction, where the measurement signals from the measurement sample are recorded by means of at least ns receiver coils ( 61 a , 61 b ) which have different sensitivity over the ns sub-regions of the region to be imaged, characterized in that the second form B grad 2 (SEM IC ) is essentially identical to the first form B grad 1 (SEW C ), with the second form B grad 2 (SEW IC ) being rotated by an angle Δφ, where Δ ⁢ ⁢ φ = 360 ⁢ ° 2 · n ⁢ ⁢ s , relative to the first form B grad 1 (SEW c ).