A novel magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus is described
wherein an image is derived from sub-sampled magnetic resonance signals
and on the basis of the spatial sensitivity profile of each receiving
antenna. A sequence of RF-pulses and gradients is applied, which sequence
corresponds to a set of trajectories containing at least one
substantially non-linear trajectory in k-space, wherein the density of
said trajectory set being substantially lower than the density
corresponding to the object size. Each signal along said trajectory set
is sampled at least at two different receiver antenna positions. The
image is reconstructed by converting the data of said signals to a
Cartesian grid by convolution with a gridding kernel, whereby the
gridding kernel is specific for each antenna, differs between one region
and another in k-space, and is a Fourier-transform of a pattern weighted
for each antenna with respect to the Cartesian grid.