Patent Document ID: 20030016016
Application ID: 10185981
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. Imaging multi-slice nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method for recording N slices (N>1) from a volume under investigation in a measuring object, wherein for complete image reconstruction recording in m individual steps (m>1) is carried out wherein the recording of each recording step of each slice is carried out within a time period TA, the method comprising the step of: carrying out the recording in r repetition cycles (r>m) and during each of these repetition cycles, data from p slices (P<N) is acquired; wherein for recording the complete data set of m*N recording steps, a number of repetition cycles is r&equals;m*N/P, wherein possible steps which remain due to the non-divisibility of m*N by P are attached or ignored; wherein spatial encoding during each repetition step can vary from slice to slice as long as all m spatial encoding steps are recorded for each slice after r repetitions; and and wherein also the position of the P slices can be different within the investigation volume defined by the total number N of slices to be recorded as long as the data for reconstruction of N slices within the investigation volume is complete after termination of the recording.