Abstract
A novel center-out 3D trajectory for sampling magnetic resonance data is presented. The trajectory set is based on a single Fermat spiral waveform, which is substantially undersampled in the center of k-space. Multiple trajectories are combined in a "stacked cone" configuration to give very uniform sampling throughout a "hub," which is very efficient in terms of gradient performance and uniform trajectory spacing. The fermat looped, orthogonally encoded trajectories (FLORET) design produces less gradient-efficient trajectories near the poles, so multiple orthogonal hub designs are shown. These multihub designs oversample k-space twice with orthogonal trajectories, which gives unique properties but also doubles the minimum scan time for critical sampling of k-space. The trajectory is shown to be much more efficient than the conventional stack of cones trajectory, and has nearly the same signal-to-noise ratio efficiency (but twice the minimum scan time) as a stack of spirals trajectory. As a center-out trajectory, it provides a shorter minimum echo time than stack of spirals, and its spherical k-space coverage can dramatically reduce Gibbs ringing.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1303-1311 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- k-space trajectory
- spiral MRI
- undersampling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging