Patent ID: 6841999

Claim:
A method for magnetic resonance imaging with adherence to specific absorption rate (SAR) limit values, comprising the steps of: subjecting a patient, having patient data associated therewith, to a magnetic resonance measurement, having planned parameters associated therewith, by exposing said patient to a radio-frequency pulse sequence using at least one transmission antenna and thereby exciting magnetic resonance signals in said patient, and acquiring said magnetic resonance signals in a spatially resolved manner via at least one reception antenna, and processing said magnetic resonance signals to obtain an examination result selected from the group consisting of a magnetic resonance image and a spectrum; storing a plurality of calculated SAR values in a databank respectively for a plurality of different predefined measurement situations, said different measurement situations being respectively dependent at least on different patient data and different planned parameters; identifying a current measurement situation for said magnetic resonance measurement, before conducting said magnetic resonance measurement and comparing said current measurement situation to said predefined measurement situations stored in said databank to identify a calculated SAR value for a predefined measurement situation stored in said databank which most closely resembles said current measurement situation, and initially setting a current SAR value to be equal to the identified calculated SAR value; and modifying said planned parameters as needed until said current SAR value is within a predetermined SAR limit value.