Patent ID: 8022700

Claim:
A method for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data for a three-dimensional (3D) dynamic study, the method comprising: partitioning, a k y -k z plane comprising a plurality of views into an inner region and a plurality of outer regions, the inner region comprising a set of views in a central region of the k y -k z plane and each outer region comprising a plurality of views outside of the central region of the k y k z plane; partitioning each outer region into a plurality of radial fan beam segments; defining a first view ordering for the inner region; defining a second view ordering for each outer region; acquiring MR data, using a magnetic resonance imaging system, for the set of views in the inner region and for all of the views in each of the outer regions in an alternating acquisition order comprising acquiring the set of views in the inner region more frequently than the views in each of the outer regions, and generating at least one MR image based on the acquired MR data; and displaying the MR image on a display device.