Patent ID: 7728588

Claim:
A data acquisition method for three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging comprising the steps of: acquiring magnetic resonance data from an examination subject and entering the magnetic resonance data into a plurality of k-space lines in k-space in order to produce a data set, representing a three-dimensional magnetic resonance image; in the acquisition of said magnetic resonance data, apportioning said plurality of k-space lines among a plurality of partial data acquisitions so that data entry into multiple k-space lines occurs in each of said partial acquisitions; and associating said k-space lines with said partial acquisitions by: evaluating each k-space line to identify a Euclidean distance measure associated with that k-space line representing a distance of that k-space line from a center of k-space, arranging the k-space lines into which said magnetic resonance data are to be entered in an order dependent on the respective distance measures associated with the k-space lines, grouping the k-space lines in said order into a plurality of groups by combining a plurality of successive k-space lines into respective groups, and associating the k-space lines with the respective partial acquisitions by, in each group, apportioning the k-space lines combined into that group to different ones of said partial acquisitions.