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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Stephen J Riederer, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul T Weavers, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen J Riederer, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul T Weavers, Rochester, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Reseach, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for three-dimensional parallel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using an MRI system is provided. The method includes determining in-plane acceleration factors that optimize a selected criterion, such as an image quality criterion defined by maximal noise amplification in a reconstructed image. The estimated in-plane acceleration factors are used to establish a k-space sampling pattern, which is used to acquire k-space data. An image is reconstructed from the acquired k-space data using a parallel image reconstruction technique.