Author: claimsbot

1. A lancet assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a distal opening, an angled guide surface and a detention shoulder;
a cap removably mounted onto said housing and covering said distal opening;
a trigger member positioned within said housing, said trigger member comprising a nose extending through said distal opening of said housing, a body, a lancet bore extending through said nose and said body, an arm member connected to said body and extending toward said proximal end of said housing, said arm member having a free end, a detention member mounted on said free end of said arm member, and a cocking flange positioned on said arm member;
a lancet positioned within said housing and extendable through said lancet bore of said trigger member and through said distal opening of said housing, said lancet comprising a main body, a needle extending from said main body, and a cocking lug;
a spring member connected to said lancet;
wherein said trigger member and said lancet are retained within said housing in a manner allowing movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing and allowing movement of said lancet toward said proximal end and said distal end of said housing;
wherein in a pre-cocked condition said needle is positioned within said housing, and said cocking flange of said trigger member is positioned closer to said distal end of said housing than said cocking lug of said lancet;
wherein with said cap removed from said housing said trigger member may be moved toward said proximal end of said housing such that said cocking flange abuts said cocking lug, thereby moving said lancet main body toward said proximal end of said housing and loading said spring, such that said free end of said arm member is biased outwardly by said angled guide surface as said trigger member is moved toward said proximal end of said housing, such that said cocking flange is moved out of contact with said cocking lug, thereby allowing said spring to propel said lancet needle through and beyond said distal opening of said housing, and such that said detention member of said arm member is restrained by said detention shoulder of said angled guide surface, thereby preventing movement of said trigger member toward said distal end of said housing;
wherein after extension of said needle beyond said housing distal opening said spring retracts said needle into said housing, said cocking lug of said lancet now being positioned closer to the distal end of said housing than said cocking flange of said trigger member, such that said trigger member is now incapable of moving said lancet axially toward said proximal end of said housing.
2. The lancet assembly of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises a pair of angled guide surfaces and detention shoulders, and wherein said trigger member comprises a pair of arm members and detention members.
3. The lancet assembly of claim 2, wherein said lancet comprises a pair of cocking lugs and said trigger member comprises a pair of cocking flanges.
4. The lancet assembly of claim 1, further comprising a needle cover removably connected to said lancet main body and covering said needle, wherein said lancet needle cover is retained by said cap such that removal of said cap from said housing results in removal of said lancet needle cover from said lancet main body.
5. A lancet assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a distal opening, an angled guide surface and a detention shoulder;
a cap removably mounted onto said housing and covering said distal opening;
a lancet retained within said housing, said lancet comprising a main body, a needle extending from said main body, and a cocking lug, said lancet comprising a longitudinal axis, wherein said lancet is movable in both axial directions relative to said housing;
a trigger member positioned within said housing, said trigger member comprising a nose extending through said distal opening of said housing, a body, a lancet bore extending through said nose and said body, an arm member connected to said body and extending toward said proximal end of said housing, said arm member having a free end, a detention member mounted on said free end of said arm member, and a cocking flange positioned on said arm member, wherein said trigger member is movable in the axial direction toward said proximal end of said housing;
said lancet being disposed within said lancet bore of said trigger member;
a spring member connected to said lancet;
wherein in a pre-cocked condition said needle is positioned within said housing, and said cocking flange of said trigger member is positioned closer to said distal end of said housing than said cocking lug of said lancet;
wherein with said cap removed from said housing said trigger member may be moved axially toward said proximal end of said housing such that said cocking flange abuts said cocking lug, thereby moving said lancet main body axially toward said proximal end of said housing and loading said spring, such that said free end of said arm member is biased outwardly by said angled guide surface as said trigger member is moved toward said proximal end of said housing, such that said cocking flange is moved out of contact with said cocking lug, thereby allowing said spring to propel said lancet needle axially through and beyond said distal opening of said housing, and such that said detention member of said arm member is restrained by said detention shoulder of said angled guide surface, thereby preventing axial movement of said trigger member toward said distal end of said housing;
wherein after extension of said needle beyond said housing distal opening said spring axially retracts said needle into said housing, said cocking lug of said lancet now being positioned closer to the distal end of said housing than said cocking flange of said trigger member, such that said trigger member is rendered incapable of moving said lancet in the axial direction toward said proximal end of said housing.
6. The lancet assembly of claim 5, wherein said housing comprises a pair of angled guide surfaces and detention shoulders, and wherein said trigger member comprises a pair of arm members and detention members.
7. The lancet assembly of claim 6, wherein said lancet comprises a pair of cocking lugs and said trigger member comprises a pair of cocking flanges.
8. The lancet assembly of claim 5, further comprising a needle cover removably connected to said main body and covering said needle, wherein said lancet needle cover is retained by said cap such that removal of said cap from said housing results in removal of said lancet needle cover from said lancet main body.
9. A lancet assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a distal opening, a pair of angled guide surfaces and a pair of detention shoulders;
a cap removably mounted onto said housing and covering said distal opening;
a trigger member positioned within said housing, said trigger member comprising a nose extending through said distal opening of said housing, a body, a lancet bore extending through said nose and said body, a pair of arm members connected to said body and extending toward said proximal end of said housing, said arm members each having a free end, a detention member mounted on each said free end of said arm members, and a cocking flange positioned on each said arm member;
a lancet positioned within said housing and extending through said lancet bore, said lancet comprising a main body, a needle extending from said main body, and a pair of cocking lugs; and
a spring member connected to said lancet and to said housing.
10. The lancet assembly of claim 9, wherein said detention members abut said angled guide surfaces and said cocking flanges abut said cocking lugs.
11. The lancet assembly of claim 9, further comprising a needle cover removably connected to said lancet main body and covering said needle.
12. The lancet assembly of claim 11, wherein said needle cover is connected to said cap in a manner such that rotating said cap relative to said housing rotates said needle cover and separates said needle cover from said lancet main body.
13. The lancet assembly of claim 9, wherein said trigger member and said lancet are disposed within said housing such that said trigger member is movable toward the proximal end of said housing and said lancet is movable toward said proximal end and said distal end of said housing.
14. The lancet assembly of claim 13, wherein movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in movement of said lancet first toward proximal end of said housing and then toward said distal end.
15. The lancet assembly of claim 14, wherein after said lancet moves toward said distal end of said housing, said spring retracts said lancet needle into said housing by moving said lancet toward the proximal end of said housing.
16. The lancet assembly of claim 9, wherein said trigger member, said cocking flanges, said cocking lugs, said angled guide surfaces and said arm members are disposed within said housing such that movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in separation of said arm members such that said cocking flanges no longer abut said cocking lugs, thereby allowing said lancet to move toward said distal end of said housing.
17. The lancet assembly of claim 16, wherein said detention members and said detention shoulders are disposed within said housing such that said movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in said detention members abutting said detention shoulders, thereby preventing said trigger member from moving toward said distal end of said housing.
18. The lancet assembly of claim 15, wherein said trigger member, said cocking flanges, said cocking lugs, said angled guide surfaces and said arm members are disposed within said housing such that said movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in separation of said arm members such that said cocking flanges no longer abut said cocking lugs, thereby allowing said lancet to move toward said distal end of said housing.
19. The lancet assembly of claim 18, wherein said detention members and said detention shoulders are disposed within said housing such that said movement of said trigger member toward said proximal end of said housing results in said detention members abutting said detention shoulders, thereby preventing said trigger member from moving toward said distal end of said housing.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An Internet facsimile communication method comprising:
forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted;
attaching each of the formed image data to one electronic mail respectively; and
transmitting each electronic mail,
wherein a plurality of the electronic mails to which each of the image data formed per page of the original has been attached respectively, are transmitted to a mail server at a destination within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.
2. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 1, wherein the mail server at the destination is not a relay mail server, but an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function.
3. An Internet facsimile communication method comprising:
judging whether or not a destination of image data is a destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through a relay mail server, and whether or not the destination of the image data is an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function;
forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted, and transmitting each of the image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, and the destination of the image data is the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function;
forming all pages of the original as one image file, and transmitting the image file as an attached file of one electronic mail, if the destination of the image data is not the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, or if the destination of the image data is not the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function.
4. An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail; and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, carrying out output processing of each of the electronic mails each time the each of the electronic mails is received.
5. An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail; and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, sending back electronic mail showing a reception processing result of each of the electronic mails each time the each of the electronic mails is received.
6. An Internet facsimile machine comprising means for receiving electronic mail; and means for, if receiving a plurality of electronic mails within one electronic mail forwarding protocol session, sending back electronic mail showing a reception processing result of all of the electronic mails by one transmission after receiving all of the electronic mails.
7. An Internet facsimile machine comprising: means for forming image data of an original, per page, to be transmitted; and means for transmitting each image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively to a mail server at a destination within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.
8. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 7, wherein the mail server at the destination is not a relay mail server, but an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function.
9. An Internet facsimile machine comprising:
means for judging whether or not a destination of image data is a destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through a relay mail server, and whether or not the destination of the image data is an Internet facsimile machine having a mail server function;
means for forming image data of an original per page to be transmitted, and transmitting each of the image data formed per page as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, and the destination of the image data is the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function; and
means for forming all pages of the original as one image file, and transmitting the image file as an attached file of one electronic mail respectively, if the destination of the image data is not the destination to which electronic mail can be transmitted without passing through the relay mail server, or if the destination of the image data is not the Internet facsimile machine having the mail server function.
10. An Internet facsimile communication method comprising the steps of:
judging whether or not an Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side is connected directly to an Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side without passing through other mail server(s);
designating proceeding to a special communication mode to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side if it is judged that the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side is connected directly to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side without passing through the other mail sever(s);
receiving, by electronic mail, ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which has received designation of the proceeding to the special communication mode;
forming image data based on the received ability information;
transmitting the formed image data by electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side,
wherein the transmitting and the receiving of the electronic mails are carried out reciprocally between the Internet facsimile machines at the transmitting side and at the receiving side within a same electronic mail forwarding protocol session.
11. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 10, wherein in the step of forming the image data, a format concerning one of or both of resolution of the image data and a paper size is determined based on the ability information.
12. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 10, wherein, the judgment in the step of judging is made based on whether or not a domain name of a mail address of the destination corresponds to a domain name of a mail server of the destination, and the domain name of the mail server is obtained by asking a DNS server.
13. The Internet facsimile communication method according to claim 10, wherein the judgment in the step of judging is made based on a response command from the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which is a response to an electronic mail forwarding protocol command which has been transmitted from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side and designates a receiver of electronic mail.
14. An Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side comprising:
means for judging whether or not connection is made directly with an Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side without passing through other mail server(s);
means for designating proceeding to a special communication mode to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, and transferring a transmission right of electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, if it is judged that the connection is made directly with the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side without passing through the other mail server(s);
means for transmitting, to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, image data formed based on ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side when the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side is notified of the ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side which has received notification of the proceeding to the special communication mode, and the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side receives the transmission right.
15. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 14, wherein a format concerning one of or both of resolution of the image data and a paper size is determined based on the ability information when the image data is formed.
16. An Internet facsimile machine at a receiving side comprising:
means for notifying ability information of the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side to an Internet facsimile machine at a transmitting side, and transferring a transmission right of electronic mail to the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side, when from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side connected to the receiving side, proceeding to a special communication mode is designated to the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side, and the Internet facsimile machine at the receiving side receives the transmission right of electronic mail; and
means for receiving image data transmitted, by electronic mail, from the Internet facsimile machine at the transmitting side which has received the ability information.
17. The Internet facsimile machine according to claim 16, wherein the ability information is used for determining a format concerning one of or both of resolution of the image data and a paper size.
18. An electronic mail communication system comprising:
a machine at a transmitting side for carrying out forwarding of electronic mail with a machine at a receiving side, and transmitting a transmission right reversing command after transmitting electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand to the machine at the receiving side; and
the machine at the receiving side for transmitting delivery confirmation concerning the received electronic mail when the machine at the receiving side receives the transmission right reversing command after receiving the electronic mail having the delivery confirmation demand.
19. An electronic mail communication machine for forwarding electronic mail to a machine at a receiving side, wherein in a case where it is certain that when the electronic mail communication machine transmits electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand, the machine at the receiving side sends back delivery confirmation, the electronic mail communication machine transmits a transmission right reversing command after the electronic mail communication machine transmits the electronic mail having the delivery confirmation command so that the electronic mail communication machine can receive the delivery confirmation from the machine at the receiving side.
20. An electronic mail communication machine for receiving electronic mail transmitted from a machine at a transmitting side, wherein in a case where the electronic mail communication machine receives a transmission right reversing right from the machine at the transmitting side after receiving electronic mail having a delivery confirmation demand, the electronic mail communication machine transmits delivery confirmation concerning the received electronic mail.

1. A fuel cell formed by stacking a membrane electrode assembly and first and second separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly, said membrane electrode assembly including a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte membrane interposed between said electrodes, a reactant gas passage for passing a reactant gas therethrough and extending through said separator in the stacking direction,
said first and second separators each comprising:
a reactant gas flow field formed at a position corresponding to a power generation area of said electrode for supplying the reactant gas to said electrode, wherein the reactant gas flow field comprises a fuel gas field formed on the first separator to supply a fuel gas to one of the electrodes, and an oxygen-containing gas flow field formed on the second separator to supply an oxygen-containing gas to the other electrode; and
a buffer area provided between said reactant gas flow field and said reactant gas passage for stirring the reactant gas,
said membrane electrode assembly comprising a humidification section facing said buffer area, wherein water permeates through said humidification section from said buffer area,
the buffer area of said first separator and the buffer area of said second separator facing each other through said membrane electrode assembly,
the water in the fuel gas permeating from the fuel gas flow field to the oxygen-containing gas flow field through a first humidification section,
the water in the oxygen-containing gas permeating from the oxygen-containing gas flow field to the fuel gas flow field through a second humidification section,
the fuel gas and the oxygen-containing gas flowing in a counterflowing manner.
2. A fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein a resistance member is provided in said buffer area for providing resistance to the flow of said reactant gas.
3. A fuel cell according to claim 2, wherein said resistance member comprises a plurality of columnar resistance members.
4. A fuel cell according to claim 2, wherein said resistance member comprises a plurality of cylindrical protrusions.
5. A fuel cell according to claim 2, wherein said resistance member includes an inclined guide for guiding the reactant gas toward said membrane electrode assembly.
6. A fuel cell according to claim 5, wherein said resistance member comprises a plurality of pyramid shaped resistance members, and wherein each of said pyramid shaped resistance members includes an inclined surface, which is tapered toward said membrane electrode assembly, acting as said inclined guide.
7. A fuel cell according to claim 5, wherein said resistance member comprises a plurality of prismatic resistance members, and wherein each of said prismatic resistance members comprises a first inclined surface oriented along a flow direction of said reactant gas and acting as said inclined guide, and a second steeply inclined surface, positioned on an opposite side of said first inclined surface.
8. A fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein said electrode comprises an electrode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer, and wherein said humidification section comprises said gas diffusion layers only.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method to generate diffusion information representing diffusion of predetermined molecules in tissue of a subject, comprising:
operating a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, in which a subject is located, to obtain a plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images of the subject, with each of said diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images being generated with a respective, individual diffusion gradient;
in a computerized processor, sorting the diffusion gradients to produce, after sorting, respective groups of said diffusion gradients with a predetermined number of said diffusion gradients in each group and each of said diffusion gradients belonging to at least one of said groups, to place diffusion gradients in respective groups of at least two diffusion gradients per group that are, within the respective groups, as linearly independent of each other as possible by having an absolute value of a scalar product of the at least two diffusion gradients that is minimal;
in said processor, for each of said groups, combining the respective magnetic resonance images that were generated using the respective diffusion gradients in the respective group to form, for each group, a magnetic resonance result image;
in said processor, determining spatial transformations between respective magnetic resonance result images that represent movement of said subject that exists in the respective magnetic resonance result images for which the spatial transformation is determined;
in said processor, using the respective spatial transformations between respective magnetic resonance result images to modify the respective magnetic resonance result images to account for said movement in bringing the respective magnetic resonance result images into registration with each other;
in said processor, forming diffusion information based on the modified magnetic resonance result images; and
at a display in communication with said processor, displaying said magnetic resonance images with said diffusion information embodied therein.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
sorting said diffusion gradients before obtaining said plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images, and thereby defining respective magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted images associated with each group of diffusion gradients; and
acquiring all magnetic resonance images associated with a same group of diffusion gradients in immediate succession.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
obtaining said plurality of diffusion-weighted images with a first b-value;
operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit to obtain additional diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images with a second b-value that is smaller than said first b-value; and
overlying said magnetic resonance result images directly in registration with said additional diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
obtaining said plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images with a first b-value;
operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit to obtain additional diffusion-weighted images with a second b-value that is smaller than said first b-value; and
determining motion information representing movement of said subject when overlying said magnetic resonance result images in registration with each other, and using said motion information to bring said additional magnetic resonance images into registration with each other.
5. A method as claimed in claim 4 comprising:
overlying said additional magnetic resonance images in registration with each other and obtaining first movement information from the registration of said additional magnetic resonance images;
obtaining second movement information from the registration of said magnetic resonance result images; and
determining movement parameters that best correspond to said first movement information and said second movement information and implementing a final registration of said additional magnetic resonance images using said movement parameters.
6. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said predetermined number of diffusion gradients in each group is three, and sorting said diffusion gradients to cause respective diffusion gradients in each group to be as orthogonal to each other as possible by having an absolute value of a scalar product of any two of the three diffusion gradients that is minimal.
7. A method as claimed in claim 6 comprising:
in said processor, calculating, for each group, an index that decreases dependent on a degree to which the three diffusion gradients in the respective group are orthogonal to each other;
calculating a sum of all respective indices for all of said groups; and
sorting said diffusion gradients to make said sum as small as possible.
8. A method as claimed in claim 7 comprising:
in said processor, requiring each group to satisfy max(|DV1\xb7DV2|,|DV1\xb7DV3|,|DV2\xb7DV3|) <S wherein max(a,b,c) is a function that returns the maximum of a, b and c as a function value, and wherein DVi is the i-th diffusion gradient of the respective group, normalized to the length 1, and S is a threshold; and
sorting said plurality of diffusion gradients to make said threshold S as small as possible.
9. A method as claimed in claim 6 comprising defining or sorting said diffusion gradients to cause two successive groups of said diffusion gradients to include a same diffusion gradient in each of said two successive groups.
10. A method as claimed in claim 6 comprising sorting said diffusion gradients to cause two successive groups of said diffusion gradients to include two same diffusion gradients in both of said two successive groups.
11. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising defining said diffusion gradients to cause a distribution of respective directions of said diffusion gradients to be as uniform as possible.
12. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising
overlying said magnetic resonance result images in registration with each other in real time and detecting a direction of said movement of said subject from the registration of the magnetic resonance result images; and
for a current slice of said subject from which said diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images are obtained, adapting a direction of said current slice dependent on said direction of movement.
13. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit with a multi-shot technique to generate said plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images, said multi-shot technique comprising a plurality of scans that are subject to phase errors;
correcting said phase errors by scanning navigator signals in a center of k-space in each scan of said multi-shot technique; and
implementing the registration of said magnetic resonance result images dependent on information obtained from said navigator signals.
14. A method as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit with a multi-shot technique to acquire said plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images by scanning multiple slices of the subject in succession with a k-space segment of each slice being scanned before an additional k-space segment of each slice is scanned;
scanning a same k-space segment for all of said slices with diffusion gradients in a same group before said additional k-space segment is scanned; and
scanning said additional k-space segment only when said same k-space segment has been completely scanned with all diffusion gradients of said same group, for said slices.
15. A magnetic resonance apparatus to generate diffusion information representing diffusion of predetermined molecules in tissue of a subject, comprising:
a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit;
a control unit configured to operate said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit with a subject therein, to obtain a plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images of the subject, with each of said diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images being generated with a respective, individual diffusion gradient;
a computerized processor configured to sort the diffusion gradients to produce, after sorting, respective groups of said diffusion gradients with a predetermined number of said diffusion gradients in each group and each of said diffusion gradients belonging to at least one of said groups, to place diffusion gradients in respective groups of at least two diffusion gradients per group that are, within the respective groups, as linearly independent of each other as possible by having an absolute value of a scalar product of the at least two diffusion gradients that is minimal;
said processor being configured to, for each of said groups, combine the respective magnetic resonance images that were generated using the respective diffusion gradients in the respective group to form, for each group, a magnetic resonance result image;
said processor being configured to determine spatial transformations between respective magnetic resonance result images that represent movement of said subject that exists in the respective magnetic resonance result images for which the spatial transformation is determined;
said processor being configured to use the respective spatial transformations between respective magnetic resonance result images to modify the respective magnetic resonance result images to account for said movement in bringing the respective magnetic resonance result images into registration with each other;
said processor being configured to form diffusion information based on the modified magnetic resonance result images; and
a display in communication with said processor, and said processor being configured to cause said magnetic resonance images to be displayed at said display with said diffusion information embodied therein.
16. A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into a computerized control and evaluation system of a magnetic resonance system that comprises a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, said programming instructions causing said computerized control and evaluation system to:
operate the magnetic resonance data acquisition unit with a subject therein, to obtain a plurality of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images of the subject, with each of said diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images being generated with a respective, individual diffusion gradient;
sort the diffusion gradients to produce, after sorting, respective groups of said diffusion gradients with a predetermined number of said diffusion gradients in each group and each of said diffusion gradients belonging to at least one of said groups, to place diffusion gradients in respective groups of at least two diffusion gradients per group that are, within the respective groups, as linearly independent of each other as possible by having an absolute value of a scalar product of the at least two diffusion gradients that is minimal;
for each of said groups, combine the respective magnetic resonance images that were generated using the respective diffusion gradients in the respective group to form, for each group, a magnetic resonance result image;
determine spatial transformations between respective magnetic resonance result images that represent movement of said subject that exists in the respective magnetic resonance result images for which the spatial transformation is determined;
use the respective spatial transformations between respective magnetic resonance result images to modify the respective magnetic resonance result images to account for said movement in bringing the respective magnetic resonance result images into registration with each other;
form diffusion information based on the modified magnetic resonance result images; and
at a display of said control and evaluation system, displaying said magnetic resonance images with said diffusion information embodied therein.