Patent Document ID: 20020158632
Application ID: 09524217
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of forming a magnetic resonance image, comprising the steps of: measuring RF signals indicative of nuclear spins simultaneously in each of a plurality of RF receiving coils, each said RF receiving coil having a different spatial sensitivity; forming a set of spatial harmonics; tailoring the set of spatial harmonics to form a set of tailored spatial harmonics that are adjusted for variations in at least one of angulation of an image plane, field of view, and coil sensitivity calibration; determining coil calibration coefficients by performing a spatial harmonic fit of the different spatial sensitivities to the set of tailored spatial harmonics; applying the determined coil calibration coefficients to the measured RF signals to form multiple lines of k-space data; and transforming the k-space data to a MRI image.