Fourier shifting of voxel boundaries in MR chemical shift imagin

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In a phase encoded chemical shift imaging (CSI) system, phase shifting in k space is used to shift voxels so as to translate them in one or more dimensions so that one or more voxels maximally encloses an object of interest. The position of a structure of interest is located via a 1H "scout" image, and the Shift Theorem for finite Fourier transforms is applied to shift voxel boundaries in one, two or three dimensions so as to maximally enclose the structure in a minimal number of voxels. Voxel shifts thus may be accomplished computationally by minimal manipulation of the raw data--after the patient has left the imaging facility. The resulting spectral data corresponding to the structure of interest is not as subject to dilution by spectrum of the surrounding tissue.

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