Patent ID: 6879156

Claim:
A method for collecting data representative of a magnetic resonance image of a region-of-interest, the method comprising: applying a first gradient field to the region-of-interest, the first gradient field having a first gradient; while the first gradient field is applied, collecting, from the region-of-interest, a first data set having first time samples of a first free-induction decay stimulated by a first RF excitation pulse, the first time samples being separated from each other by a first time-sampling interval; applying a second gradient field to the region-of-interest, the second gradient field having a second gradient differing from the first gradient; and while the second gradient field is applied, collecting, from the region of interest, a second data set the second data set having second time samples of a second free-induction decay stimulated by a second RF excitation pulse, the second time samples being separated from each other by a second time-sampling interval.