Patent ID: 8648594

Claim:
A method for uniform radial data acquisition of magnetic resonance data in three-dimensional k-space, comprising the steps of: with a magnetic resonance data acquisition system comprising a memory into which acquired magnetic resonance data are entered in k-space, entering acquired magnetic resonance data in k-space in said memory along straight-line spokes, wherein k-space in said memory comprises a center of k-space; defining each of said spokes in k-space in said memory by one point among a plurality of points on a sphere, and a center point of said sphere, said center point of said sphere coinciding with said center of k-space; and in k-space in said memory, defining said points on said sphere in a distribution of said points that obeys spiral phyllotaxis; and thereby produce a data file in said memory in an electronic format that is electronically accessible in order to generate a magnetic resonance image from said data file.