Patent ID: 6351122
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method of MR imaging using fractional MRI acquisitions to reduce total acquisition time comprising the steps of:obtaining a scan-specific partial MRI kx data set fraction and a scan-specific partial MRI ky data set fraction at a first location; acquiring a partial MRI kx data set in k-space along a kx direction, the partial MRI kx data set containing a scan-specific partial MRI kx data set fraction amount of direction data; acquiring a partial MRI ky data set in k-space along a ky direction, the partial MRI ky data set containing a scan-specific partial MRI ky data set fraction amount of direction data; reconstructing an MR image using the partial MRI kx data set and the partial MRI ky data set; and transmitting information relating to the MR image between the first location and a second location remote from the first location.