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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Mark Griswold, Shaker Hts., OH (US);
Gregory R. Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark Griswold, Shaker Hts., OH (US);
Gregory R. Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
Example apparatus and methods order projections in a 3D MRI acquisition to achieve improved equidistant spacing or to achieve improved adherence to a target distribution. The equidistant or target spacing may exist in k-space and/or in kt-space. In one embodiment, the improved equidistant spacing is a substantially uniform spacing. The substantially uniform spacing may be achieved using a modification of a charge repulsion analysis that treats points of projections that intersect the surface of a 3D volume to be imaged as point charges distributed on the 3D volume. In another embodiment, the target spacing may be uniform, non-uniform, uniform in parts and non-uniform in other parts, and other combinations.