A novel magnetic resonance imaging method is described, for forming an
image of an object from a plurality of signals sampled in a restricted
homogeneity region of a main magnet field of a magnetic resonance imaging
apparatus. A patient disposed on a table is moved continuously through
the bore of the main magnet and spins in a predetermined area of the
patient are excited by an excitation pulse from a transmitter antenna,
such that an image is formed over a region exceeding largely the
restricted region. Data is undersampled in the restricted region by means
off at least one receiver antenna in a plurality of receive situations
being defined as a block of measurements contiguous in time having
preserved magnetisation and presaturation conditions within the excited
area of the patient. Fold-over artefacts due to said undersampling are
unfolded by means of the known sensitivity pattern of the receiver
antenna and/or the properties of selected factors determining said
receive situations.