Method and apparatus for calibrating and for imaging with a magnetic field-sensitive image pickup device

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for calibrating a magnetic field-sensitive image pickup device as well as for imaging with such an image pickup device described. The image recording device is in particular an image intensifier in X-ray systems such. As those with C-arm. The calibration is carried out essentially by creating and storing a look-up table with which are assigned to a plurality of forces acting on said image pickup means magnetic field data, data necessary for correcting the distortions caused thereby calibration data. In the image formation, the magnetic field data are then measured at the image recording device and read out associated with that data in the table, and calibration data used for correction of the captured image in an image.