Random Volumetric MRI Trajectories via Genetic Algorithms

Table 1

Duty-cycle comparison for three balanced 𝑘-space sampling patterns.

	Spiral	Teardrop	Durga
Readout (ms)	2.40	3.43	5.50
Excitation (ms)	1.20	1.47	0.10
Rewinder (ms)	1.40	—	—
TR (ms)	5.00	4.93	5.60
Duty cycle	0.48	0.78	0.98