Description of parallel imaging in MRI using multiple coils
Abstract
A general formulation for parallel imaging using multiple coils is derived from the Fourier transform of coil sensitivity functions. This formulation provides a unified account for developed parallel imaging techniques such as subencoding, simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics (SMASH), and sensitivity encoding (SENSE), and indicates a guideline for coil configuration and k-space sampling in parallel imaging. The views that can be acquired simultaneously in parallel imaging have to be contained in the spatial frequency band of coil sensitivity functions. Magn Reson Med 44:495–499, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.