Motion correction in two-component magnetic resonance imaging

A method for providing deformation-corrected magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first sequence of MR images;
• obtaining a second sequence of MR images, wherein the first sequence of MR images and the second sequence of MR images are inherently spatially co-registered to each other, and wherein the first sequence of MR images and the second sequence of MR images are inherently synchronized to each other;
• wherein the first sequence of MR images includes signal variation due to one or more causes other than motion or deformation;
• wherein the second sequence of MR images does not include the signal variation of the first sequence of MR images;
• obtaining a reference MR image according to an MR methodology used to acquire the second sequence of MR images;
• comparing each image of the second sequence of MR images to the reference MR image to determine a corresponding correction;
• applying the corrections to each image of the first sequence of MR images to provide a corrected first sequence of MR images.