3D planes-on-a-paddlewheel (POP) echo-planar imaging (EPI) is an effective non-Cartesian readout scheme realized by rotating conventional EPI readout planes about the phase encoding axis. Navigator based phase correction schemes are typically employed to account for gradient timing errors, associated trajectory errors and artifacts. In this work, we propose to use “Self Consistency for an Iterative Trajectory Adjustment” SCITA for an improved and purely data-driven removal of trajectory misalignment artifacts. As the actual k-space trajectory is derived from the imaging data, navigator acquisitions can be omitted and echo, repetition and acquisition times may be considerably shortened.
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