Method, reconstruction device, and magnetic resonance apparatus for reconstructing magnetic resonance raw data

A method to generate image data of an object, comprising:

• providing raw data to a computer, said raw data having been acquired with multiple magnetic resonance coils and, via said computer, entering said raw data into an electronic memory, organized as k-space, along trajectories comprised of respective sample points of a grid, and defining said grid such that, when raw data are entered at all sample points, k-space would be completely scanned, and varying said trajectories when entering said raw data to cause said raw data to be entered at sample points respectively along one-dimensional edges, with said sample points in respective edges having equidistant grid spacing that is characteristic for that respective edge;
• entering the raw data into said memory only at a portion of said sample points and thereby making Nyquist-sufficient scanning to exist only in a central region of k-space and to make Nyquist undersampling exist in a peripheral region of k-space, thereby causing raw data to be missing at sample points in k-space that were not filled with said raw data;
• in said computer, for each of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, calculating the missing raw data in said central region using raw data acquired with the respective magnetic resonance coil and entered at other sample points in said central region, without using raw data acquired from others of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, and calculating the missing raw data in said peripheral region using the raw data entered in the central region and the calculated missing raw data from the central region, and using raw data acquired from magnetic resonance coils among said multiple magnetic resonance coils other than said respective magnetic resonance coil;
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• in said computer, using the calculated missing raw data available, together with the other raw data entered into k-space, to reconstruct an image of said object, and making said image available in electronic form as a data file at an output of said computer.

A reconstruction device for reconstructing magnetic resonance raw data acquired from an object, comprising:

• an input interface that receives raw data acquired with multiple magnetic resonance coils;
• a computer in communication with said input interface;
• an electronic memory comprising a grid of sample points organized as k-space;
• said computer being configured to enter said raw data into said electronic memory, along trajectories comprised of respective sample points of said grid, with said grid being defined such that, when raw data are entered at all sample points, k-space would be completely scanned, and said computer being configured to vary said trajectories when entering said raw data to cause said raw data to be entered at sample points respectively along one-dimensional edges, with sample points on respective edges having an equidistant grid spacing that is characteristic for that respective edge;
• said computer being configured to enter the raw data into said memory only at a portion of said sample points, and thereby causing Nyquist-sufficient scanning to exist only in central region of k-space and causing Nyquist undersampling to exist in a peripheral region of k-space, thereby causing raw data to be missing at sample points in k-space that were not filled with said raw data;
• said computer being configured, for each of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, to calculate the missing raw data in said central region using raw data acquired with the respective magnetic resonance coil and entered at other sample points in said central region, without using raw data acquired from others of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, and to calculate the missing raw data in said peripheral region using the raw data entered in the central region and the calculated missing raw data from the central region, and using raw data acquired from magnetic resonance coils among said multiple magnetic resonance coils other than said respective magnetic resonance coil;
• an output interface in communication with said computer;
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• said computer being configured, via said output interface, to emit the calculated missing raw data available in electronic form, in a data file together with the other raw data entered into k-space, in a form suitable for further processing of said data file to reconstruct an image of said object.

A reconstruction device for reconstructing magnetic resonance raw data acquired from an object, to produce magnetic resonance image data of the object, comprising:

• an input interface that receives raw data acquired with multiple magnetic resonance coils;
• a computer in communication with said input interface;
• an electronic memory comprising a grid of sample points organized as k-space;
• said computer being configured to enter said raw data into said electronic memory, along trajectories comprised of respective sample points of said grid, with said grid being defined such that, when raw data are entered at all sample points, k-space would be completely scanned, and said computer being configured to vary said trajectories when entering said raw data to cause said raw data to be entered at sample points respectively along one-dimensional edges, with sample points in respective edges having an equidistant grid spacings that is characteristic for the respective edge;
• said computer being configured to enter the raw data into said memory only at a portion of said sample points, and thereby causing Nyquist-sufficient scanning to exist only in a central region of k-space and causing Nyquist undersampling to exist in a peripheral region of k-space, thereby causing raw data to be missing at sample points in k-space that were not filled with said raw data;
• said computer being configured, for each of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, to calculate the missing raw data in said central region using raw data acquired with the respective magnetic resonance coil and entered at other sample points in said central region, without using raw data acquired from others of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, and to calculate missing raw data in said central region using the raw data entered in the central region and the calculated missing raw data from the internal region for the respective magnetic resonance coil, and using raw data acquired from magnetic resonance coils among said multiple magnetic resonance coils other than said respective magnetic resonance coil;
• an output interface in communication with said computer;
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• said computer being configured to use the calculated missing raw data together with the other raw data entered into k-space, to reconstruct an image of said object, and to emit said image in electronic form, as a data file, via said output interface.

A magnetic resonance apparatus comprising:

• a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit comprising multiple magnetic resonance coils;
• an electronic memory comprising a grid of sample points organized as k-space;
• a computer configured to operate said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit to acquire raw data with said multiple magnetic resonance coils and to enter said raw data into said electronic memory along trajectories comprised of respective sample points of said grid, said grid being defined such that, when raw data are entered at all sample points, k-space would be completely scanned, and said computer being configured to vary said trajectories when entering said raw data, to cause said raw data to be entered at sample points respectively along one-dimensional edges, with sample points in respective edges having an equidistant grid spacing that is characteristic for that respective edge;
• said computer being configured to enter the raw data into said memory only at a portion of said sample points, and thereby causing Nyquist-sufficient scanning to exist only in a central region of k-space and causing Nyquist undersampling to exist in a peripheral region of k-space, thereby causing raw data to be missing at sample points in k-space that were not filled with said raw data;
• said computer being configured, for each of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, to calculate the missing raw data in said central region using raw data acquired with the respective magnetic resonance coil and entered at other sample points in said central region, without using raw data acquired from others of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, and to calculate missing raw data in said peripheral region using the raw data entered in the central region and the calculated missing raw data from the central region, and using raw data acquired from magnetic resonance coils among said multiple magnetic resonance coils other than said respective magnetic resonance coil;
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• said computer being configured to make the calculated missing raw data available in electronic form, in a data file together with the other raw data entered into k-space, in a form suitable for further processing of said data file to reconstruct an image of said object.

A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into a computerized control and evaluation system of a magnetic resonance apparatus, and said programming instructions causing said computerized control and processing system to:

• receive raw data having been acquired with multiple magnetic resonance coils, and said raw data into an electronic memory, organized as k-space, along trajectories comprised of respective sample points of a grid, and defining said grid such that, when raw data are entered at all sample points, k-space would be completely scanned, and varying said trajectories when entering said raw data to cause said raw data to be entered at sample points respectively along one-dimensional edges, with sample points in respective edges having an equidistant grid spacing that is characteristic for the respective edge;
• enter the raw data into said memory only at a portion of said sample points, and thereby causing Nyquist-sufficient scanning to exist only in a central region of k-space and causing Nyquist undersampling to exist in a peripheral region of k-space, thereby causing raw data to be missing at sample points in k-space that were not filled with said raw data;
• for each of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, calculate the missing raw data in said central region using raw data acquired with the respective magnetic resonance coil and entered at other sample points in said central region, without using raw data acquired from others of said multiple magnetic resonance coils, and calculate missing raw data in said peripheral region using the raw data acquired for the respective magnetic resonance coil and entered in the central region and the calculated missing raw data from the central region for the respective magnetic resonance coil, and using raw data acquired from magnetic resonance coils among said multiple magnetic resonance coils other than said respective magnetic resonance coil;
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• make the calculated missing raw data available in electronic form, in a data file together with the other raw data entered into k-space, in a form suitable for further processing of said data file to reconstruct an image of said object.