FIG. 4.

FASSET encoding scheme. Images are acquired with limited FOV and reduced matrix size in the frequency direction, resulting in accelerated imaging. The FOV from each row of coils is independently shifted during readout, so as to be centered under that row. In the reconstruction, images from each coil are shifted before optimal combination into a final composite image. This technique can be applied at the same time as traditional parallel imaging in the phase-encode direction, to provide additional acceleration factors.