METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND ORDERING K-SPACE VIEWS AND DIFFUSION WEIGHTING DIRECTIONS

摘要

A system and method for determining and ordering magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition parameters, such as k-space views or diffusion-weighting gradient directions, are provided. The MRI acquisition parameters are defined by generated points that are uniformly distributed on the surface of a sphere. These points may also be antipodally symmetric. The points are ordered by minimizing the electrostatic potential energy of different configurations of the points.