Method for acquiring a magnetic resonance image with an extended field of view

A method for acquiring, with a magnetic resonance tomograph, a magnetic resonance image with an extended field of view that is extended in at least one direction, wherein the magnetic resonance tomograph is configured to, in the extended field of view, produce a static magnetic field and magnetic gradient fields extending in a slice selection direction, a readout direction, and at least one phase encoding direction, wherein during acquisition, an MR signal is acquired from signal-generating spins in the extended field of view, and wherein the method comprises:

• provisioning a distortion correction function for the extended field of view;
• provisioning at least one optimized position along the slice selection direction, wherein the static magnetic field has a level of homogeneity within a slice at the at least one optimized position in at least one region in a periphery of the extended field of view;
• provisioning an optimized readout gradient, wherein a strength and a polarity of the optimized readout gradient are selected so that distortions in the magnetic resonance image caused by inhomogeneities in the static magnetic field and distortions caused by non-linearities in a readout gradient field are superimposed in a compensatory manner within the at least one region;
• acquiring the magnetic resonance image at the at least one optimized position along the slice selection direction with the optimized readout gradient;
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• performing distortion correction on the magnetic resonance image using the distortion correction function.