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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicants:
Wilhelm Horger, Schwaig, DE;
Bernd Kuehn, Uttenreuth, DE;
Andre DE Oliveira, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2013.01); G01R 33/56383 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for automatic magnetic resonance imaging of a patient, an MR overall image is composed from several MR partial images. An MR overview image is received by a process that determines several scanning ranges based on the MR overview image. The MR scanning ranges are characterized by a length along a first direction. For all MR scanning ranges: the length along the first direction is set equal to the length of the longest MR scanning range in the first direction.