A method for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data from a dynamic object
in which a k-space sampling schedule are produced. The k-space sampling
table is produced using a spatio-temporal model of the beating heart,
time sequential sampling theory and a known number of parallel receive
channels (coils). The imaging pulse sequence is repeated to play out the
phase encodings in the order listed in the k-space sampling schedule and
the k-space data sets acquired through the parallel receive channels are
combined and used to reconstruct a sequence of images. The method is an
improved process for dynamic MRI, designed to overcome the limitations of
current MRI systems in imaging dynamic phenomena and produces highly
accurate motion movies of the structure, function, perfusion and
viability of various anatomical regions in MRI subjects such as the
beating heart, flow of contrast agents in blood vessels, brain
excitation, or joint movement.