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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Ersin Bayram, Delafield, WI (US);
Charles R. Michelich, Waukesha, WI (US);
Anthony T. VU, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ersin Bayram, Delafield, WI (US);
Charles R. Michelich, Waukesha, WI (US);
Anthony T. Vu, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus includes an MRI system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet. An RF transceiver system and an RF switch are controlled by a pulse module to transmit and receive RF signals to and from an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images. The MRI apparatus also includes a computer programmed to calculate a cost for each point to be acquired in k-space, acquire MR data based on the calculated cost for each point, and generate an MR image using the acquired MR data.