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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Gabriele Marianne Beck, Eindhoven, NL;
Romhild Martijn Hoogeveen, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Royston Harvey, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Samuel Van Den Brink, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging method is provided in which the magnetic resonance signals are acquired by sampling a selected region in the k-space. The selected region in the k-space is chosen in dependence on the object or structure to be imaged. In particular an anisotropic central sector in the k-space is chosen, its axis being dependent on the spatial orientation of the object or structure to be imaged. The magnetic resonance imaging method in accordance with the invention is particularly suitable for imaging arteries separately from veins in magnetic resonance angiography.