A system (10) and method generate one or more MR data sets of an imaging volume (16) using an MR scanner (14). The imaging volume (16) includes one or more of a region of interest (ROI), the ROI including a metal element, and a local receive coil (18) of the MR scanner (14). At least one of an attenuation, confidence or density map accounting for the metal element is generated and the location of the local receive coil (18) within the imaging volume (16) is determined. The generating includes identification of the metal element within the ROI based on a phase map of the ROI generated from the MR data sets. The determining includes registering a known sensitivity profile of the local receive coil (18) to a sensitivity map of the local receive coil (18) generated from the MR data sets.
