Mri Acquisition Using 2D Sense and Partial Fourier Pace Sampling

A method for producing an image with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the steps comprising:

• a) directing the MRI system to acquire NMR signals that fully sample a central region of the three-dimensional k-space and partially sample peripheral k-space as a set of asymmetric radial sectors;
• b) acquiring the NMR signals with a plurality of separate coils and receive channels to produce corresponding separate k-space image data sets;
• c) performing a homodyne high pass filtering operation on each of the k-space image data sets;
• d) reconstructing an image from each of the high pass filtered k-space image data sets;
• e) producing a high pass image (IH) by combining the images produced in step d);
• f) performing a low pass filtering operation on each of the k-space image data sets;
• g) reconstructing another image from each of the low pass filtered k-space image data sets;
• h) producing a low pass image (IL) by combining the images produced in step g);
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• i) producing an image by correcting the phase of the high pass image (IH).