Efficient method for mr image reconstruction using coil sensitivity encoding

Abstract

SENSitivity Encoding (SENSE) has demonstrated potential for significant scan time reduction using multiple receiver channels. SENSE reconstruction algorithms for non-uniformly sampled data proposed to date require relatively high computational demands. A Projection Onto Convex Sets (POCS)-based SENSE reconstruction method (POCSENSE) has been recently proposed as an efficient reconstruction technique in rectilinear sampling schemes. POCSENSE is an iterative algorithm with a few constraints imposed on the acquired data sets at each iteration. Although POCSENSE can be readily performed on rectilinearly acquired k-space data, it is difficult to apply to non-uniformly acquired k-space data. Iterative Next Neighbor re-Gridding (INNG) algorithm is a recently proposed new reconstruction method for non-uniformly sampled k-space data. The POCSENSE algorithm can be extended to non-rectilinear sampling schemes by using the INNG algorithm. The resulting algorithm (POCSENSINNG) is an efficient SENSE reconstruction algorithm for non-uniformly sampled k-space data, taking into account coil sensitivities.