Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of an object (O) including at least one chemical species to be imaged, comprising sampling of the k-space such that a plurality of N? first sampling trajectories through at least one k-space segment of the k-space is formed along a phase-encoding direction, each of said first sampling trajectories beginning in a central k-space region and continuing to a k-space border of the at least one k-space segment and having a duration equal to or below a spectral dwell time corresponding to the reciprocal spectral bandwidth, collecting at least one first set of gradient-echo signals obtained along the first sampling trajectories, collecting at least one second set of gradient-echo signals obtained along a plurality of N? second sampling trajectories, the N? second sampling trajectories and the N? first sampling trajectories being mutually mirrored relative to a predetermined k-space line in the central k-space region.

Abstract: A method of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of an object (O) including at least one chemical species to be imaged, comprising sampling of the k-space such that a plurality of N? first sampling trajectories through at least one k-space segment of the k-space is formed along a phase-encoding direction, each of said first sampling trajectories beginning in a central k-space region and continuing to a k-space border of the at least one k-space segment and having a duration equal to or below a spectral dwell time corresponding to the reciprocal spectral bandwidth, collecting at least one first set of gradient-echo signals obtained along said first sampling trajectories, collecting at least one second set of gradient-echo signals obtained along a plurality of N? second sampling trajectories, said N? second sampling trajectories and said N? first sampling trajectories being mutually mirrored relative to a predetermined k-space line in the central k-space region.