Patent ID: 6781372
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A process for increasing the temporal rate at which an image of an object is acquired using measurements within a spatial frequency space while maintaining a local resolution and spatial frequency resolution of the image, the object being imaged by one of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), the process comprising:detecting a central area and first areas of the spatial frequency space, the first areas being a first distance from the central area and extending in a first direction; detecting the central area and second areas of the spatial frequency space, the second areas being a second distance from the central area and extending in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; detecting the central area and third areas of the spatial frequency space, the third areas being a third distance from the central area and extending in the first direction; and using the detected areas of the spatial frequency space to increase the temporal rate at which the image of the object is acquired using one of MRI or NMR, while maintaining the local resolution and the spatial frequency resolution of the image.