In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of an
interconnected region of a human body on the basis of a partially parallel
acquisition (PPA) by excitation of nuclear spins and measurement of the
radio-frequency signals produced by the excited nuclear spins, a number of
spin excitations and measurements of an RF response signal are implemented
simultaneously in every component coil of a number of RF reception coils.
As a result a number of response signals are acquired that form a reduced
dataset of received RF signals for each component coil. Additional
calibration data points are acquired for each reduced dataset. A complete
image dataset is formed for each component coil on the basis of the
reduced dataset for that component coil and at least one further, reduced
dataset of a different component coil. A spatial transformation of the
image dataset of each component coil is implemented in order to form a
complete image of each component coil.
