Method, systems and arrangements are provided for creating a
high-resolution magnetic resonance image ("MRI") or obtaining other
information of a target, such as a cardiac region of a patient.
Radio-frequency ("RF") pulses can be transmitted toward the target by,
e.g., an RF transmitter of an MRI apparatus. In response, multiple echoes
corresponding to the plurality of pulses may be received from the target.
Data from each of the echoes can be assigned to a single line of k-space,
and stored in memory of the apparatus. An image of the target,
acceleration data and/or velocity data associated with a target can be
generated as a function of the data. In one exemplary embodiment, the
data from different echoes may be assigned to the same k-space line, and
to different cardiac phases. In one further embodiment, parallel
processing may be used to improve the resolution of the image acquired
during a single breath-hold duration. In yet another embodiment,
utilizing a segmented implementation, multiples lines of k-space are
acquired for a given cardiac phase (or time stamp) per trigger signal.
The present invention may be utilized for the heart or for any other
anatomical organ or region of interest for the evaluation and study of
flow dynamics with very high temporal resolution.