CONTINUOUS UPDATE WITH RANDOM ENCODING (CURE) - A NEW STRATEGY FOR DYNAMIC IMAGING

Although dynamic imaging is presently used for various applications, i t is still limited by the temporal resolution. In this paper, we prese nt a new technique that uses a random phase-encoding strategy to facil itate faster and smoother update of images and to improve the temporal resolution in dynamic studies. The technique was implemented on a con ventional clinical scanner and demonstrated with various in vivo studi es. Technical details, simulations, and experimental results are descr ibed. Images from experimental studies indicate that the new technique is robust in generating dynamic images and can be potentially utilize d for clinical applications.