Patent attributes
The present invention is directed to a magnetic resonance imaging system with motion detection for examination of a patient (53), the magnetic resonance imaging system comprising an RF coil arrangement with an RF coil (4) for transmitting and/or receiving an RF signal for generating a magnetic resonance image wherein the RF coil arrangement is provided with an additional RF sensor (5) for transmitting an RF transmit signal which is adapted for interacting with the tissue (23) of the patient (53) allowing to sense motion signals due to motions of the patient (53) simultaneously to transmitting and/or receiving the RF signal for generating the magnetic resonance image. In this way movements of a patient under examination in an MRI system may be detected in an efficient and reliable way.