Patent Document ID: 20090082656
Application ID: 11861916
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data using a multi-shot three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging pulse sequence utilizing a plurality of shots to obtain MR data, the method comprising: defining a sampling pattern in a k y -k z plane, the sampling pattern comprising a plurality of views in the k y -k z plane; partitioning the k y -k z plane into a plurality of blades, each blade having a blade size based on a target view value for the number of views to be contained in the blade; defining a blade ordering for the plurality of blades; defining a intra-shot view ordering for a set of views in each shot in the plurality of shots, the set of views including views corresponding to at least two blades; and for each shot, acquiring the set of views based on the blade ordering and the intra-shot view ordering; wherein a signal level varies for at least two shots in the plurality of shots.