Glover G H
Center for Advanced MR Technology at Stanford, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5488, USA.
Magn Reson Med. 1999 Aug;42(2):412-5. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(199908)42:2<412::aid-mrm25>3.0.co;2-u.
The exact, hardware-constrained design of a spiral k-space trajectory requires the solution of a differential equation, thereby making real-time prescription difficult on scanners with limited computational power. This study describes a closed-form approximate solution for interleaved Archimedian spiral trajectories that closely matches the exact design. Both slew rate-limited and amplitude-limited regimes are incorporated. Magn Reson Med 42:412-415, 1999.