Method, computer and magnetic resonance apparatus for planning imaging of a subject that contains an implant

A planning computer for planning acquisition of magnetic resonance data from an examination subject having a body that contains an implant, said planning computer comprising:

• a processor provided with position information that describes a position of the implant within the body of the subject;
• said processor being configured to predetermine at least one imaging parameter for use in acquiring magnetic resonance data from the subject by operation of a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner in a magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure;
• said processor being configured to establish a load parameter of the implant dependent on the position information and the at least one predetermined imaging parameter by executing a virtual playing out of a portion of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure with said at least one predetermined imaging parameter;
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• said processor being configured to plan, dependent on said load parameter, operation of the magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner to acquire said magnetic resonance data from the subject, and thereby generate a planned version of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure, and to emit an electronic representation of the planned version of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure in a format for operating the magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner.

A magnetic resonance apparatus comprising:

• a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner configured to acquire magnetic resonance data, in a magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure, from an examination subject having a body in which an implant is situated;
• a computer provided with position information that describes a position of the implant within the body of the subject;
• said computer being configured to predetermine at least one imaging parameter for acquiring magnetic resonance data from the subject by operation of a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner by executing a virtual playing out of a portion of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure with said at least one predetermined imaging parameter;
• said computer being configured to establish a load parameter of the implant dependent on the position information and the at least one predetermined imaging parameter;
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• said computer being configured to plan, dependent on said load parameter, operation of the magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner to acquire said magnetic resonance data from the subject, and thereby generate a planned version of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure, and to emit an electronic representation of the planned version of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure in a format for operating the magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner.

A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into a computer of a magnetic resonance apparatus comprising a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner, said programming instructions causing said computer to plan acquisition of magnetic resonance data, in a magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure, from an examination subject having a body in which an implant is situated, by:

• receiving position information that describes a position of the implant within the body of the subject;
• predetermining at least one imaging parameter for acquiring magnetic resonance data from the subject by operation of a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner by executing a virtual playing out of a portion of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure with said at least one predetermined imaging parameter;
• establishing a load parameter of the implant dependent on the position information and the at least one predetermined imaging parameter;
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• planning, dependent on said load parameter, operation of the magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner to acquire said magnetic resonance data from the subject, and thereby generating a planned version of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure, and emitting an electronic representation of the planned version of said magnetic resonance data acquisition procedure in a format for operating the magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner.