Method and apparatus for generating magnetic resonance images

A control computer for controlling a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus, having an MR data acquisition scanner, said control computer comprising:

• an acquisition processor configured to operate the MR data acquisition scanner to acquire first MR raw data from the subject, in a first recording region that is inside a homogeneity volume of the scanner, and to acquire second MR raw data from the subject, in a second recording region that is outside of said homogeneity volume;
• a reconstruction processor configured to reconstruct first image data based on said first MR raw data, and to reconstruct second image data based on said second MR raw data;
• and
• a combination processor configured to combine said first image data and said second image data so as to form combination image data, said combination image data covering a region that extends in said first recording region and in said second recording region.

A magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus comprising:

• an MR data acquisition scanner;
• a computer configured to operate the MR data acquisition scanner to acquire first MR raw data from the subject, in a first recording region that is inside a homogeneity volume of the scanner, and to acquire second MR raw data from the subject, in a second recording region that is outside of said homogeneity volume;
• said computer being configured to reconstruct first image data based on said first MR raw data, and reconstructing second image data based on said second MR raw data;
• and
• said computer being configured to combine said first image data and said second image data so as to form combination image data, said combination image data covering a region that extends in said first recording region and in said second recording region.

A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into a computer of a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus comprising an MR data acquisition scanner, said programming instructions causing said computer to:

• operate the MR data acquisition scanner to acquire first MR raw data from the subject, in a first recording region that is inside a homogeneity volume of the scanner, and to acquire second MR raw data from the subject, in a second recording region that is outside of said homogeneity volume;
• reconstruct first image data based on said first MR raw data, and reconstructing second image data based on said second MR raw data;
• and
• combine said first image data and said second image data so as to form combination image data, said combination image data covering a region that extends in said first recording region and in said second recording region.