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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Wayne R. Dannels, Richmond Heights, OH (US);
Michael R. Thompson, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method employ a magnet system ( ) creating a temporally constant magnetic field through an examination region ( ) in which at least a portion of an object to be imaged is placed. A radio frequency (RF) excitation system ( ) applies an RF excitation to a volume of interest of the object to be imaged, and a receiver system ( ) detects and demodulates magnetic resonance data from the volume of interest. A magnetic field encoding system ( ) applies encoding magnetic fields to provide spatial discrimination of magnetic resonance data from the volume of interest within a single radio frequency excitation period. The spatial encoding of the magnetic resonance signal data is performed and collected along a preselected k-space trajectory, the k-space trajectory covering a plurality of intersecting. planes or partial planes of k-space data.