Method and magnetic resonance apparatus for image monitoring of a medical interventional procedure

A magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus comprising:

• an MR scanner comprising an exterior scanner housing;
• a display monitor comprising a touchscreen at, or formed as part of, said exterior scanner housing;
• a control computer configured to operate said MR scanner during said medical intervention to acquire at least two current MR monitoring images of a region of the patient in which said intervention proceeds, by operating said MR scanner with respectively different image acquisition parameters respectively for said at least two current MR monitoring images;
• said control computer being in communication with said display monitor and being configured to display said at least two current MR images on said touchscreen on;
• said control computer being configured to also display on said touchscreen a segment that encompasses only a portion of an overall screen area of said touchscreen;
• and
• said control computer being configured to operate said monitor to respond to an operating action comprising touching said touchscreen with at least one finger within said segment and moving said finger in a direction of movement and thereby causing said segment to be oppositely displaced on said touchscreen in a permitted direction of displacement that is closest to said direction of movement of the finger.

A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into a control computer of a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus, said MR apparatus comprising an MR scanner having an exterior housing and a display monitor comprising a touchscreen at, or formed as part of, said exterior scanner housing, said programming instructions causing said control computer to:

• during a medical intervention, operate said MR scanner to acquire at least two current MR monitoring images of a region of the patient in which said intervention proceeds, by operating said MR scanner with respectively different image acquisition parameters respectively for said at least two current MR monitoring images;
• display said at least two current MR images on said touchscreen;
• on said touchscreen, also display a segment that encompasses only a portion of an overall screen area of said touchscreen;
• and
• operate said monitor to respond to an operating action comprising touching said touchscreen with at least one finger within said segment and moving said finger in a direction of movement and thereby causing said segment to be oppositely displaced on said touchscreen in a permitted direction of displacement that is closest to said direction of movement of the finger.