Patent ID: 7443166

Claim:
A method for computer-assisted generation of an executable measurement sequence that is able to be executed by existing hardware of a magnetic resonance apparatus based on a measurement sequence having a sequence type and k-space sampling having a sampling type, comprising the steps of: dependent on the type of said measurement sequence and the type of said k-space sampling, dividing said selected measurement sequence into a series of time slices selected from the group consisting of transmission type, acquisition type, and warp type, each of said time slices being characterized by at least one parameter for that time slice; for each parameter of each of said time slices, associating a mathematical variable with that parameter, as respective associated variables; for at least one of the associated variables, determining at least one boundary condition selected from the group consisting of a range for that variable and a relationship of that associated variable to at least one other of the associated variables; based on at least one target parameter for the measurement sequence, in a computer automatically determining, for said associated variables, respective solution values that optimize said target parameter under constraint by said at least one boundary condition; generating an executable measurement sequence, that is able to be executed by said existing hardware, by setting the respective parameters of said time slices in said selected measurement sequence to said solution values; and implementing said executable measurement sequence with said existing hardware by generating and supplying control signals to said existing hardware in each of said time slices that cause said executable measurement sequence to be executed by said existing hardware.