MRI Trajectory

Setup

Linux

Install the required packages

sudo apt install qtbase5-dev libfftw3-dev cmake libqwt-dev 

Reference Articles

Spirals

• Meyer, C.H., Hu, B.S., Nishimura, D.G. and Macovski, A. (1992), Fast Spiral Coronary Artery Imaging. Magn. Reson. Med., 28: 202–213. doi:10.1002/mrm.1910280204
• Pipe, J. G. and Zwart, N. R. (2014), Spiral trajectory design: A flexible numerical algorithm and base analytical equations. Magn. Reson. Med, 71: 278–285. doi:10.1002/mrm.24675

3D Cones

• Addy, N.O., Ingle, R.R., Wu, H.H., Hu, B.S. and Nishimura, D.G. (2015), High-resolution variable-density 3D cones coronary MRA. Magn. Reson. Med., 74: 614–621. doi:10.1002/mrm.25803
• Addy, N.O., Ingle, R.R., Luo, J., Baron, C.A., Yang, P.C., Hu, B.S. and Nishimura, D.G. (2017), 3D image-based navigators for coronary MR angiography. Magn. Reson. Med., 77: 1874–1883. doi:10.1002/mrm.26269

Concentric Rings

• Wu, H. H., Lee, J. H. and Nishimura, D. G. (2008), MRI using a concentric rings trajectory. Magn. Reson. Med., 59: 102-112. doi:10.1002/mrm.21300