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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1987
Richard R Rzedzian, Lexington, MA (US);
Advanced NMR Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of high-speed imaging is employed in which less than 100% of the spatial frequency domain (k-space) is sampled. In one embodiment, the trajectory extends over the k-space origin, and the information acquired from the extension is used to compensate for any phase errors. If the same number of points are collected as in a full k-space acquisition, signal bandwidth is maintained, and spatial frequency response is increased. In a second embodiment, two or more partial k-space acquisitions are performed and then pieced together in a 'mosaic' prior to Fourier transformation. In a further embodiment, partial k-space acquisitions in the direction of the readout gradient are combined with interleaved acquisitions in the direction of the phase-encoding gradient to avoid discontinuities.