The spatial derivative of the field inhomogeneity acts as a gradient, inducing growing intravoxel dephasing along the acquisition time, resulting in blurring, void regions (“signal loss”) and artifacts. We tackle this issue through modelling and through Cartesian time-segmentation. We show that under typical settings, field inhomogeneity gradients cause significant artifact both through-plane and in-plane, and that these artifacts can be greatly mitigated with improved reconstruction at minimal computational cost. We formalize the description of the effects of these additional gradients in k-t space in temporal units, allowing for quick apprehension of the consequences to trajectory design and reconstruction approach.
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