Patent ID: 6377045
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging method comprising the steps of:generating an RF excitation pulse in an examination space, generating magnetic resonance signals in an object to be examined in the examination space in response to said RF excitation pulse, the magnetic resonance signals being received in a sub-sampled fashion by a set of receiving coils having a coil sensitivity profile, wherein a plurality of positions in a measuring plane in the examination space in which the magnetic resonance signals are generated are encoded on the basis of at least two linearly independent components of the wave vector of the magnetic resonance signals, wherein a frequency distribution of the magnetic resonance signals represents spectroscopic information concerning the object to be examined, and wherein a spectroscopic magnetic resonance image is reconstructed from the sub-sampled magnetic resonance signals and the coil sensitivity profile.