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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Yasuhiro Kamada, Tokyo, JP;

Hikaru Hanada, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuhiro Kamada, Tokyo, JP;

Hikaru Hanada, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/482 (2013.01); G01R 33/4824 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/5611 (2013.01);
Abstract

In the non-Cartesian measurement, image quality is improved while the advantages of non-Cartesian measurement are maintained. To realize the aforementioned, in the non-Cartesian measurement, artifacts caused by non-uniform data density in k-space are reduced. Therefore, each unit k-space is imaged by an inverse Fourier transform, the field of view of the image is enlarged in a direction in which data density is to be increased, and the image after the enlargement of the field of view is Fourier transformed and gridded as unit k-space that has a small k-space pitch in the direction in which the field of view has been enlarged and has an increased amount of data. This processing is repeated for all blades.


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