Patent ID: 7123007

Claim:
An MR imaging method comprising: using a reference measurement to determine spatial sensitivity profiles for at least two individual receiving elements, wherein during the reference measurement, a complete image region is scanned by the at least two receiving elements; acquiring a number of MR data sets with the at least two receiving elements; and combining the MR data sets so as to form an image of a nuclear magnetization distribution in an examination zone, wherein combining the MR data sets includes utilizing the fact that a spatial sensitivity profile of a receiving element used for the acquisition of a relevant MR data set is associated with each MR data set, said method further comprising: adapting the spatial sensitivity profiles during image reconstruction in conformity with a respective position in space of the at least two receiving elements during the acquisition of the MR data sets to compensate for displacements in space and/or rotations of the at least two receiving elements as they occur during actual image acquisition by subjecting the spatial sensitivity profiles to a corresponding geometric transformation.