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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ersin Bayram, Houston, TX (US);
Naoyuki Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Iwadate, Tokyo, JP;
Kang Wang, Verona, WI (US);
Lloyd Estkowski, San Jose, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An MRI system for performing time resolved MR imaging of an object with grouped data acquisition is provided. The MRI system includes an MRI controller in electronic communication with a magnet assembly and operative to sample a group of data points within a first region of a k-space. The first region includes a central sub-region and a first peripheral sub-region. The MRI controller is further operative to sample a group of data points within a second region of the k-space. The second region includes the central sub-region and a second peripheral sub-region different from the first peripheral sub-region.