A system and method are disclosed using continuous table motion while acquiring
data to reconstruct MR images across a large FOV without significant slab-boundary
artifacts that reduces acquisition time. At each table position, full z-encoding
data are acquired for a subset of the transverse k-space data. The table is moved
through a number of positions over the desired FOV and MR data are acquired over
the plurality of table positions. Since full z-data are acquired for each slab,
the data can be Fourier transformed in z, interpolated, sorted, and aligned to
match anatomic z locations. The fully sampled and aligned data is then Fourier
transformed in remaining dimension(s) to reconstruct the final image that is free
of slab-boundary artifacts.
