Patent ID: 8456163

Claim:
A system for acquiring frequency domain components representing MR image data for storage in an array, comprising: an RF coil for emitting RF pulses for use in acquiring a plurality of individual frequency components corresponding to individual data elements in a 3D (three dimensional) storage array in which the individual frequency components are successively acquired along radii from a designated center representing an origin to a boundary of the 3D storage array and angles of successive radii with respect to the origin are successively changed to substantially fill the storage array volume during acquisition of an MR dataset representing an MR image; a computation processor for determining said angles of successive radii with respect to the origin, in response to data representing a reduction in physical dimension in at least one direction of different imaging axes of a 3D imaging volume comprising said storage array; and a storage processor for storing individual frequency components, acquired using the emitted RF pulses, in corresponding individual data elements in said storage array.