2017 Imaging for Physicists Coursebook

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Parallel Imaging
• Acquire fewer k-space lines
 Speed up scanning
• Use Coil Arrays to:
Unwrap aliased images (image space)
OR
Generate missing lines (k-space)
‘SENSE’ -like
‘SMASH’ -like
Scan time = (TR  NAV  NPE)/R