Correction of a magnetic resonance transmission signal

1. A method for determining a transfer function of a transmitting system of a magnetic resonance device, the method comprising:

determining the transfer function using a transmission characteristic of the transmitting system of the magnetic resonance device,

wherein the transfer function is frequency-dependent, and

wherein the transfer function is configured to correct a transmission signal having a transmit frequency that does not match a center frequency of the transmitting system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined using an absorbed power.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined using an input reflection factor R(f),

wherein the transfer function is proportional to a function: (1−|R(f)| 2 ) 1/2 .

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined using a current I(f) measured in a radio frequency (RF) transmitting antenna of the magnetic resonance device,

wherein the transfer function is proportional to a function: I(f)/U tra (f),

where U tra (f) is a RF transmitting voltage.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined using at least one pickup probe,

wherein the transfer function is proportional to a function: U pu (f)/U tra (f),

where U pu (f) is a voltage induced in the at least one pickup probe and U tra (f) is a RF transmitting voltage.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined using a forward voltage and a reflected voltage in a power supply unit to a RF transmitting antenna,

wherein the transfer function is proportional to a function: U pu,coupling (f)/U tra (f),

where U pu,coupling (f) is obtained from a measurement of a complex addition of the forward voltage and the reflected voltage, and U tra (f) is a RF transmitting voltage.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined by a variation in an applied magnetic field,

wherein the transfer function is proportional to a function: 1/U tra (f),

where U tra (f) is a RF transmitting voltage adjusted for the applied magnetic field.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the RF transmitting voltage is adjusted in a case of different magnetic field strengths such that an amplitude of a magnetic resonance signal remains constant.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the magnetic resonance signal originates from just one plane.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer function is determined using a simulation.

11. A method for correction of a transmission signal of a magnetic resonance device, the method comprising:

providing a transfer function that has been determined using a transmission characteristic of a transmitting system of the magnetic resonance device, wherein the transfer function is frequency-dependent; and

correcting the transmission signal using the transfer function, the transmission signal has a transmit frequency that does not match a center frequency of the transmitting system.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

emitting an excitation pulse by the transmitting system using the corrected transmission signal such that a uniform flip angle excitation occurs due to the emitted excitation pulse.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the transfer function is standardized, and the excitation pulse is corrected using the standardized transfer function.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the transfer function is transformed, and the excitation pulse is corrected using the transformed transfer function.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein an applied magnetic field is less than 1 T.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the transmitting system comprises at least one superconducting RF transmitting antenna.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

exciting a plurality of slices simultaneously with the transmitting system.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the transmitting system excites a field of view,

wherein the field of view has an extent in a first direction,

wherein a gradient magnetic field is applied in the first direction, and

wherein a product of the extent of the field of view of the first direction and an amplitude of the magnetic gradient field in the first direction is greater than 2 mT.

19. A magnetic resonance device comprises:

a correction unit having one or more processors configured to determine a transfer function using a transmission characteristic of a transmitting system of the magnetic resonance device, wherein the transfer function is frequency-dependent; and

a storage unit configured to store the transfer function,

wherein the transfer function is configured to correct a transmission signal having a transmit frequency that does not match a center frequency of the transmitting system.

20. A computer program product having a program configured to be loaded directly into a storage device of a programmable arithmetic unit of a correction unit of a magnetic resonance device, the computer program product configured to, when the program is run in the programmable arithmetic unit of the correction unit, at cause the magnetic resonance device to at least perform:

determine a transfer function using a transmission characteristic of a transmitting system of the magnetic resonance device,

wherein the transfer function is frequency-dependent,

wherein the transfer function is configured to correct a transmission signal having a transmit frequency that does not match a center frequency of the transmitting system.