Patent ID: 8169217
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when performed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising: controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus to produce a TrueFISP (True Fast Imaging with Steady State Precession) sequence; controlling the MRI apparatus to apply the TrueFISP sequence to an object to be imaged using grouped reverse centric phase encoding; and controlling the MRI apparatus to acquire NMR signal from at least two slices that intersect inside the field of view (FOV) of the object to be imaged in response to the TrueFISP sequence being applied to the object to be imaged, where the NMR signal from the at least two slices that intersect inside the FOV is acquired from a set of related lines in k-space, where the related lines in k-space are grouped according to an interleaved pattern.