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Method for operating a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus ensuring coincidence of images obtained in different examinations with respectively different positions of a subject

  • US 6,556,008 B2
  • Filed: 06/14/2001
  • Issued: 04/29/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a magnetic resonance apparatus, comprising the steps of:

  • in a first examination of a subject in a first position in a magnetic resonance apparatus, obtaining a first scout dataset, representing magnetic resonance signals from said subject, and subsequently defining a first slice of said subject based on said first scout dataset;

    repositioning said subject to a second position, different from said first position, in said magnetic resonance apparatus and, in a further, subsequent examination of said subject in said magnetic resonance apparatus, obtaining a further scout dataset, representing magnetic resonance signals from said subject;

    identifying a change in said position of said subject between said first scout dataset and said further scout dataset; and

    defining a further slice of said examination subject dependent on said change in position, said further slice having an identical positioning within said subject as said first slice.

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