Patent ID: 6954069

Claim:
A method for obtaining MRI images of an object ( 8 ) to be examined in an imaging volume of an MRI apparatus, the object having a longitudinal axis in the y-direction, in which method: a homogeneous magnetic field is provided in the z-direction in the imaging volume of the apparatus, the object to be examined ( 8 ) is positioned in the imaging volume such that its longitudinal axis extends transversely of the z-direction, an RF excitation pulse is generated in the imaging volume of the apparatus, magnetic resonance signals which are due to the RF excitation pulse are acquired by means of at least one RF receiving coil, characterized in that the magnetic resonance signals which are due to the RF excitation pulse are acquired in a sub-sampled fashion by means of a set of at least two RF receiving coils ( 20 ), a magnetic resonance image is derived from the sub-sampled magnetic resonance signals and on the basis of previously determined spatial coil sensitivity profiles of each RF coil in the set of RF receiving coils ( 20 ), said spatial coil sensitivity profiles being mutually independent, and the planes of the at least two receiving coils extend substantially parallel to one another and to the z-direction.