Patent Document ID: 9341691
Application ID: 13128830
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging system comprising: a magnet operable to provide a magnetic field; a transmitter operable to transmit to a region within the magnetic field; a receiver operable to receive a magnetic resonance signal from the region; and a processor coupled to the transmitter and coupled to the receiver, the processor operable to cause the transmitter to provide, to the region, a radio frequency excitation pulse, a first gradient, and a readout gradient and operable to cause the receiver to generate magnetic resonance data based on the magnetic resonance signal, the processor configured to provide the radio frequency excitation pulse concurrent with the first gradient, the radio frequency excitation pulse having a duration and the first gradient having a first polarity, and after the duration, operable to provide the readout gradient, the readout gradient having an inverse polarity rely to the first polarity, and receive the magnetic resonance signal while providing the readout gradient, and the processor operable to generate an image based on the magnetic resonance data and wherein the image corresponds to a 3D radial image based on k-space data and wherein the first gradient corresponds to a spoke in the k-space data.