Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging

A magnetic resonance apparatus comprising:

• a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit;
• a control computer configured to operate said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, while an examination subject is situated in the magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, to acquire magnetic resonance data from the examination subject according to an acquisition sequence;
• said control computer being configured, in said acquisition sequence, to operate said magnetic resonance apparatus to read out said magnetic resonance data with a readout block set comprising multiple readout blocks, a readout saturation pulse set comprising multiple readout saturation pulses, and an intermediate saturation pulse set comprising at least one intermediate saturation pulse, wherein said readout saturation pulse set is disjoint from said intermediate saturation pulse set, at least one readout block of said readout block set includes a readout saturation pulse of the readout saturation pulse set and at least one intermediate saturation pulse of the intermediate saturation pulse set occurs between two successive readout blocks of said readout block set;
• an electronic memory;
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• said control computer being configured to enter the magnetic resonance data acquired from the examination subject with said acquisition sequence into said electronic memory, and to make the magnetic resonance data entered into said electronic memory available at an output of the control computer in electronic form as a data file.

A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said data storage medium being loaded into a computerized control and processing system of a magnetic resonance apparatus that comprises a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, and said programming instructions causing said computerized control and processing system to:

• operate said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, while an examination subject is situated in the magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, to acquire magnetic resonance data from the examination subject according to an acquisition sequence;
• in said acquisition sequence, operate said magnetic resonance apparatus to read out said magnetic resonance data with a readout block set comprising multiple readout blocks, a readout saturation pulse set comprising multiple readout saturation pulses, and an intermediate saturation pulse set comprising at least one intermediate saturation pulse, wherein said readout saturation pulse set is disjoint from said intermediate saturation pulse set, at least one readout block of said readout block set includes a readout saturation pulse of the readout saturation pulse set and at least one intermediate saturation pulse of the intermediate saturation pulse set occurs between two successive readout blocks of said readout block set;
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• enter the magnetic resonance data acquired from the examination subject with said acquisition sequence into an electronic memory, and make the magnetic resonance data entered into said electronic memory available at an output of the control computer in electronic form as a data file.