In a method for magnetic resonance imaging, with which an imaging magnetic
resonance measurement of a region of interest in an object under
examination is carried out, and a tomogram of the region is displayed,
that can be prescribed in position and orientation, and a two- or
three-dimensional magnetic resonance overview image of at least a part of
the object under examination is made before the imaging magnetic resonance
measurement. In the method an envelope of the part of the object under
examination is determined automatically from the magnetic resonance
overview picture, and the dimensions of a minimal measuring field for the
imaging magnetic resonance measurement are automatically calculated from
the position and orientation of the prescribable slice, taking account of
the envelope, for which no folds, or a prescribable measure thereof, occur
in the tomogram. Optimal adaptation of the minimal measuring field to the
respectively selected slice in a simple manner.
